Frank Weston Benson made portraits, landscapes, seascapes, murals, and paintings of interiors and still life. He also made other works of art including etchings.
While Benson studied at the Académie Julian in Paris, he made the small Impressionistic oil painting, Paris Parade. Benson stayed the summer at the Grand Hotel in Concarneau, France where he became engaged to the daughter of friends from Salem, Massachusetts, Ellen Perry Peirson. They married three years later, after Benson had an opportunity to establish himself in his career.[1]
Works
editTitle | Image | Year | Dimensions | SIRIS IAP[nb 1] | Collection | Comments |
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Paris Parade, oil on canvas |
1884 | 12.5 in × 7.6 in (31.8 cm × 19.3 cm) |
89170009 | Private collection | ||
Summer, oil on canvas |
1890 | 50 in × 40 in (127 cm × 101.6 cm) |
08580165 | Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC |
Allegory | |
My Pointer, etching/print |
view | 1915 | 5.9 in × 7.9 in (15 cm × 20.1 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
Scene: hunting dog (likely Pointer). | |
The Log Jam, etching/print |
view | 1915 | 9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.1 cm × 20.1 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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Birch Canoe, etching/print |
1915 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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The Moose Caller, etching/print |
1915 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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Hurry, drypoint etching on copper plate/print |
1915 | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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The Retriever, etching/print |
view | 1916 | 8 in × 6 in (20.3 cm × 15.2 cm) |
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
Scene: retriever. | |
Silhouette, etching/print |
1917 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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Hunters, etching/print |
view | 1919 | 6 in × 7.9 in (15.2 cm × 20.1 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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Seal, Peabody Museum. Salem, etching/print |
view | 1919 | 9.9 in × 7.9 in (25.1 cm × 20.1 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
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Seal, Essex County Ornithological Club, etching/print |
view | 1919 | 8.9 in × 6.9 in (22.6 cm × 17.5 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
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Supper, etching on wove paper/print |
view | 1920 | 12.5 in × 9.5 in (31.8 cm × 24.1 cm) or 7 in × 5 in (17.8 cm × 12.7 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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A Cup of Water, etching/print |
view | 1920 | 6.8 in × 4.9 in (17.3 cm × 12.4 cm) |
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
Scene: male figure crouching to dip water. | |
Camp-fire, etching/print |
1920 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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The Guide, drypoint etching/print |
view | 1920 | 6.9 in × 10.9 in (17.5 cm × 27.7 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
Scene: lone male figure standing in water holding gaff. | |
Henry's Tent, North Haven, Maine, watercolor on paper |
color image | 1921 | 13.5 in × 19 in (34.3 cm × 48.3 cm) |
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Boiling the Kettle, watercolor over graphite on ivory paper |
color image | 1923 | 14.8 in × 21.9 in (37.6 cm × 55.6 cm) |
89170037 | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
Scene: male figure crouching near campfire where kettle boils. |
Plodding Home, etching/print |
search collection | 1924 | 7.2 in × 5.1 in (18.3 cm × 13 cm) |
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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Log Driver, drypoint etching on copper plate/print |
view | 1924 | 12.1 in × 14.1 in (30.7 cm × 35.8 cm) or 9.9 in × 11.9 in (25.1 cm × 30.2 cm) |
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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The Camp, oil on canvas |
color image | 1925 | 22 in × 28 in (55.9 cm × 71.1 cm) |
63007559 | Private collection | |
Man with a Gaff, drypoint etching on copper plate/print |
view | 1925 | 11.8 in × 9.8 in (30 cm × 24.9 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA |
Subject: Canadian guide. | |
Pointer Dog, etching on laid paper/print |
view | 1925 | 9.3 in × 11.4 in (23.6 cm × 29 cm) or 5.9 in × 7.8 in (15 cm × 19.8 cm) |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
Scene: Pointer. | |
Two Duck Hunters, watercolor |
color image color image |
1926 | 20 in × 25 in (50.8 cm × 63.5 cm) |
Scene: two waterfowl hunters wading through marsh. | ||
The Start (or Getting Underway), watercolor on paper |
color image | 1927 | 25 in × 19.5 in (63.5 cm × 49.5 cm) |
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Three Cranks 1 a.m., watercolor on paper (en grisaille) |
view | 8.3 in × 10.8 in (21.1 cm × 27.4 cm) |
Scene: three figures fishing in a nighttime cityscape. | |||
Book-plate/Frontispiece: Pair of Geese, etching on laid paper/print |
view | 1919 | 4 in × 6 in (10.2 cm × 15.2 cm) |
Scene: Canada geese. | ||
Book-plate/Frontispiece: On Set Wings, etching on laid paper/print |
view | 1923 | 4.3 in × 5.7 in (10.9 cm × 14.5 cm) |
Scene: wildfowl in flight. | ||
Book-plate/Frontispiece: Startled Ducks etching on laid paper/print |
view | 1930 | 7.9 in × 5.9 in (20.1 cm × 15 cm) |
Scene: wildfowl in waterscape. | ||
'Book-plate/Frontispiece: Untitled (for Quincy A. Shaw, Jr.) etching/print |
view | 1938 | 4 in × 3 in (10.2 cm × 7.6 cm) |
Scene: single wildfowl in waterscape. | ||
Book-plate: Charles Martin Loeffler, etching/print |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
Charles Martin Loeffler (1861–1935), French-born American violinist and composer. | ||||
Book-plate: Bessie Ingalls Hussey, drypoint etching/print |
view | 6.9 in × 4.9 in (17.5 cm × 12.4 cm) |
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Book-plate: The Retriever (for Henry Boardman Conover), etching/print |
view | 5.5 in × 4 in (14 cm × 10.2 cm) |
Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH |
Scene: retriever. | ||
Duck Stamp Design, etching on paper/print |
view | 1942 | 3 in × 5 in (7.6 cm × 12.7 cm) |
Scene: waterfowl in waterscape. | ||
Tent, Lake Tahoe, watercolor, pencil on paper |
color image | 13.5 in × 19 in (34.3 cm × 48.3 cm) |
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Hunter, charcoal |
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The Call, engraving |
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA |
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Portage, engraving |
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA |
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Pulling the Canoe, engraving |
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA |
Notes
editReferences
editBibliography
edit- Bedford, F. "Benson Biography 2". Faith Andrews Bedford. Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- Bedford, F (2000). The sporting art of Frank W. Benson. Jaffrey, NH: David R. Godine. ISBN 1-56792-111-6.
- Benson, F.; Paff, A. (1917). Etchings and Drypoints by Frank W. Benson. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Benson, F.; Paff, A. (1919). Etchings and Drypoints by Frank W. Benson. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Chambers, B. "Frank W. Benson, Red and Gold". Butler Institute of American Art. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- "Frank W. Benson, American Impressionist, Exhibition". Peabody Essex Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- "Frank W. Benson, American Impressionist, Interactive presentation, Gallery". Peabody Essex Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- "Frank W. Benson, American Impressionist, Interactive presentation, Timeline". Peabody Essex Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- "Frank W. Benson, Collection". Boston Museum of Art. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- "Frank W. Benson, Collection". Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- "Frank W. Benson, Collection". National of Art, Washington D.C. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- "Frank W. Benson, Collection". University of New Hampshire. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- "Frank Weston Benson, Collection". Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2011-06-08.
- "Portrait of My Daughters". Worcester Art Museum. Retrieved 2011-06-10.
- The Sisters, Terra Foundation for American Art
- "Summer". Rhode Island School of Design Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- "Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- "Sunlight". Indianapolis Museum of Art. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
External links
edit- "Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) - Frank Weston Benson". Smithsonian Institution.
- "Art collections of the Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield, a consortium of museums in Western Massachusetts". Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield Collections Database.