ArtistsBenjamin West
Benjamin West

Benjamin West

1738–1820
Swarthmore, PA, United States
PaintingRomanticismNeoclassicism
Representation
None documented
2
Institutional Exhibitions
91
Works in Collection
133
Assets Indexed
3
Authority-backed Facts
0
Publications Referenced
90%
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Movements
  • Romanticism
  • Neoclassicism
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Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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American Battle Painting 1776�1918
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1944
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Romantic Painting in America
Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943–1944
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Movement
Romanticism
Medium
Painting
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Institutional

Museum Collections

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Artworks (91)

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Images

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Christus zegent de kinderen (1776 - 1781)
Rijksmuseum
Benjamin West (1770)
Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin West and Family (1779)
Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin West (1792)
Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin West (1827)
Smithsonian Institution
Benjamin West (1820)
Smithsonian Institution
Specimens of Polyautography:  The Angel at the Tomb of Christ (1801)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Woman and Man Playing Cards (verso) (1792)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Representation & Collections

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Rijksmuseum
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Art Institute of Chicago
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National Gallery of Art
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