S. Patricia "Patty" Benson (1941–2024) was an American artist, known for printmaking.
S. Patricia Benson | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sarah Patricia McMahon July 27, 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[1] |
| Died | July 6, 2024, 82 years Alfred, Maine |
| Alma mater | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Michigan State University Master in Fine Arts in Printmaking Florida State University |
| Known for | Printmaking |
| Notable work | Our Brother’s Keeper: The Indian in White America (1969), Vulture II (1968) |
| Style | Printmaking |
| Children | Sarah Benson Waters, Erin Peck Yarema |
| Parent(s) | Thomas Edward McMahon III and Sarah Adelaide Shute McMahon |
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,[1] the Brooklyn Museum,[2] the Cincinnati Art Museum[3] and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.[4]
Benson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 27, 1941.[5] She was raised in Pawnee Mission, Kansas, and later moved to Greenwich, Connecticut for high school.
She later received a bachelor of arts degree in Printmaking from Michigan State University and went to pursue a Masters in Fine Arts in Printmaking at Florida State University.[6]
Benson later went on be an art educator, teaching fine arts at a number of institutions, among them, Florida State University, University of Florida, Sonoma State College, San Francisco Art Institute, Portland School of Art and the University of Southern Maine.[6] She spent her later life in Alfred, Maine, and retired from the University of Southern Maine after forty years of tenure.[7]
Selected works
edit- Patricia Benson, Our Brother's Keeper: The Indian in White America, 1969, screenprint, 28 1⁄2 x 21 in. (72.4 x 53.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1970.25
- S. Patricia Benson, Vulture II, 1968. Engraving Brooklyn Museum, Bristol-Myers Fund, 68.105.1.
References
edit- ^ a b "Patricia Benson | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- ^ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org.
- ^ "Cincinnati Art Museum: Explore the Collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum". Cincinnati Art Museum.
- ^ "American Indian #10 - S. Patricia Benson". FAMSF Search the Collections. 20 September 2017.
- ^ admin (2024-08-05). "S. Benson Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ a b "Obituary: S. Patricia Benson". Press Herald. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Sarah "Patty" Benson, Former President of the Part-Time Faculty Association of Maine (AFT) | Maine AFL-CIO". maineaflcio.org. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
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