Frank Weston Benson
Frank Weston Benson (March 24, 1862 - November
15, 1951) was an American Impressionist artist. Benson was a member
of the Ten American Painters.
Eleanor Holding a Shell, 1902, by Frank W. BensonHe
was born in Salem, MA. In 1879, he began study at the School of
the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later at the Academie Julian
in Paris, France. Upon return to America, he would become an instructor
at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His paintings
often depict his daughters outdoors at Benson's summer home on the
island of North Haven, ME. He also did a series of paintings and
etchings of wildfowl.
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