List of other works of art by Frank Weston Benson

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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[edit]

Title Image Year Dimensions SIRIS IAP[nb 1] Collection Comments
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
Birch Canoe,
etching/print
1915 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Boston, MA
The Moose Caller,
etching/print
1915 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Boston, MA
Hurry,
drypoint etching on copper plate/print
1915 Cleveland Museum of Art,
Cleveland, OH;
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Boston, MA
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
Hunters,
etching/print
view 1919 6 in × 7.9 in
(15.2 cm × 20.1 cm)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
Boston, MA
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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)
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)
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)
Hunter,
charcoal
view
The Call,
engraving
Addison Gallery of American Art,
Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA
Portage,
engraving
Addison Gallery of American Art,
Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA
Pulling the Canoe,
engraving
Addison Gallery of American Art,
Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The SIRIS IAP is the Control Number for a given painting at the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System. Using this link, you may look up the painting using the IAP number for the "Control number".

References[edit]

Bibliography[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.

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