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Catalogue
- Year
- 1922
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 12.5 × 9.7 cm (4 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 23.4 cm (11 9/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- Frank Weston Benson
Artist
Painting
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 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.
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White Heron in a Pool in a Garden
1929 · Oil on canvas
Pewter Pitcher
1923 · Watercolor with touches of orange gouache, over graphite, on white watercolor paper, laid down on cream board
Portrait
1923 · Drypoint on cream wove paper
Herons at Rest
1923 · Etching on cream wove paper
Boiling the Kettle
1923 · Watercolor over graphite on ivory watercolor paper
Little Bluebills
1922 · Drypoint on cream wove paper
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- Frank Weston Benson
- Year
- 1922
- Dimensions
- Image/plate: 12.5 × 9.7 cm (4 15/16 × 3 7/8 in.); Sheet: 29.3 × 23.4 cm (11 9/16 × 9 1/4 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1922-055214
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
- Reference
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- verified