Frank W. Benson: American Impressionist

Frank W. Benson: American Impressionist by Bedford, Faith Andrews. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780847816095.

Frank Bensons masterpiece paintings of turn-of-the-century American society, New Englands ports and country, and wildlife and sporting subjects, are among the most popular American works of art. His sparkling plein air painting of young women in white dresses are widely reproduced and his etchings and sporting paintings are generally considered to be some of Americas best. This first full-scale monograph on Bensons entire career, summarizes his progress from his early promise as a young art student at the Academie Julian in Paris to his leading role as a teacher, portraitist, and painter in Boston and New England. Benson is particularly acclaimed for his splendid outdoor, sun-dappled portraits of members of his family, often in settings on the Maine coastline, as well as for his later, archetypal works of wildfowl, fishing, and hunting.