{"product_id":"the-sporting-art-of-frank-w-benson","title":"The Sporting Art of Frank W. Benson","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrank Benson  a pivotal artist of the American Impressionist movement had three great loves in his long and productive life: his family  his art  and the sporting life. As a boy  Benson dreamed of being an ornithological illustrator. In mid-life  after an extremely successful career as a portraitist  he returned to the wildfowl and sporting subjects that were his lifelong passion. Over the next forty years  in etching  lithography  watercolor  and oil and wash  he portrayed birds beloved since childhood  scenes of his hunting and fishing expeditions  and still lives of incomparable delicacy. Whether painting a hunter setting out decoys  a wash of geese by moonlight  a watercolor of a companion poised to gaff a salmon  or an etching of a group of ducks silently gliding in for a landing  Benson conveyed the joy and beauty of a sportsmans life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946447892533,"sku":"ByrdShop_1567921116","price":54.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781567921113_adc208bb-2140-4849-9b27-8c38097a9039.jpg?v=1770961499","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-sporting-art-of-frank-w-benson","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}