Monday, October 28, 2024

 Frank Weston Benson
(1862 - 1951)

Frank Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts, known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings, watercolors and etchings. He began his career painting portraits of distinguished families and murals for the Library of Congress. Some of his best known paintings (Eleanor, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Summer, Rhode Island School of Design Museum) depict his daughters outdoors at Benson's summer home, Wooster Farm, on the island of North Haven, Maine. He also produced numerous oil, wash and watercolor paintings and etchings of wildfowl and landscapes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Weston_Benson


Young Girl by a Window
1911
Oil on canvas
76.2 x 63.5 cm
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, US

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