Observed at: Paris, FR
Elevation: 358 ft / 109 m
Observed at: Cannes
Elevation: 560 ft / 170 m
Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951), Artista Estadounidense
Frank Weston Benson was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then at l'Académie Julian, in Paris, with Boulanger and Lefebvre.
Benson was a teacher throughout his career, first in Portland, Maine, then in his Boston studio, and later at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In 1900, Benson began to take the subjects of his portraits outside as the focus of his interests shifted from an emphasis on the figure, as in the 1880 "Girl in a Red Shawl", towards a growing enchantment with modulations of light and color. Sunlight, and brilliant whites and blues began to be prominent in his paintings. An early association with Ten American Painters (founded by American artists dedicated to Impressionism) perhaps fueled his growing interest in the aesthetics of Impressionism. Interestingly, one of Benson's most well known projects, a series of murals in the Library of Congress, does not reflect his conversion to the Impressionist aesthetic. He is best known for his informal portraits of his own family and for his use of brilliant colors and pure whites.
Frank Weston Benson was one of the most successful and prolific artists of his generation. He died in his home in Salem on November 15, 1951.
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FRANK WESTON BENSON'S YOUTH
Frank Weston Benson was born in Salem, Massachusetts on March 24, 1862. At age sixteen, Benson decided he wanted to become an artist and went to study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. For his twenty first birthday Benson received a ticket to Paris from his parents so he could enroll at the l'Académie Julian. It was here in Paris, the heart of artistic Europe, that Benson did fall in love with Impressionism. In 1888, just after his return to America, Benson married his childhood friend Ellie Pierson.
FRANK WESTON BENSON AS AN ARTIST
After Benson's return to Boston (America), he settled and became a succesful portrait painter. With Benson's paintings, he inspired many others to what would become known as the Boston School of Impressionism.
Throughout his career, Frank Weston Benson also was an art teacher, first at Portland (Maine) and later at the famous Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Benson then became a member of the American art group 'The Ten', all inspired by American Impressionism. This was when Frank Weston Benson developed his best known style, painting informal portraits of his own family and using brilliant colors and pure whites.
FRANK WESTON BENSON'S DEATH
Frank Weston Benson died in his home in Salem on November 15, 1951.
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Frank W. Benson once said about himself as an artist whose talent was simply to:
"simply follow the light, where it comes from, where it goes."
Frank Weston Benson was born in Salem, Massachusetts. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and then at l'Académie Julian, in Paris, with Boulanger and Lefebvre.
Benson was a teacher throughout his career, first in Portland, Maine, then in his Boston studio, and later at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In 1900, Benson began to take the subjects of his portraits outside as the focus of his interests shifted from an emphasis on the figure, as in the 1880 "Girl in a Red Shawl", towards a growing enchantment with modulations of light and color. Sunlight, and brilliant whites and blues began to be prominent in his paintings. An early association with Ten American Painters (founded by American artists dedicated to Impressionism) perhaps fueled his growing interest in the aesthetics of Impressionism. Interestingly, one of Benson's most well known projects, a series of murals in the Library of Congress, does not reflect his conversion to the Impressionist aesthetic. He is best known for his informal portraits of his own family and for his use of brilliant colors and pure whites.
Frank Weston Benson was one of the most successful and prolific artists of his generation. He died in his home in Salem on November 15, 1951.
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Girl in a Red Shawl, 1890
