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Benjamin West

1738 - 1820

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Benjamin West, (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was a British-American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky. Entirely self-taught, West soon gained valuable patronage and toured Europe, eventually settling in London. He impressed King George III and was largely responsible for the launch of the Royal Academy, of which he became the second president (after Sir Joshua Reynolds). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin West has received more than 671,160 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin West is the 1,071st most popular painter (down from 802nd in 2019), the 3,749th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,699th in 2019) and the 47th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Benjamin West ranks 1,071 out of 1,421. Before him are Bartolomeo Carducci, Jankel Adler, Hermann Zapf, Pieter de Molijn, Gerrit Berckheyde, and Helen Frankenthaler. After him are Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, Otto Marseus van Schrieck, Orest Kiprensky, Zacharie Astruc, Huang Gongwang, and Jean Carzou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Benjamin West ranks 18. Before him are Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Arthur Phillip, Jacques François Dugommier, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Jacques Delille. After him are John Singleton Copley, Richard Montgomery, Leopold Hofmann, and Matvey Kazakov. Among people deceased in 1820, Benjamin West ranks 27. Before him are Nguyễn Du, Daniel Boone, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Arthur Young, Anders Sparrman, and Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym. After him are Antonín Vranický, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Gerhard von Kügelgen, Karl Ludwig Sand, Ivan Gudovich, and Alexis Thérèse Petit.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin West ranks 3,749 out of 18,182. Before him are Marie Tharp (1920), Majel Barrett (1932), James Burton (1939), Edwin Moses (1955), Gabriel Almond (1911), and Traci Lords (1968). After him are Paul Guilfoyle (1949), Andrea Dworkin (1946), Josephine Hull (1877), Jon Bernthal (1976), Theodore Maiman (1927), and Wesley Clark (1944).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Benjamin West ranks 47. Before him are Sam Francis (1923), Beatrice Wood (1893), Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Franz Kline (1910), Maso di Banco (1250), and Helen Frankenthaler (1928). After him are James Turrell (1943), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Ad Reinhardt (1913), James Rosenquist (1933), John Singleton Copley (1738), and George Segal (1924).

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