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Frank Weston Benson

1862 - 1951

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Frank Weston Benson, frequently referred to as Frank W. Benson, (March 24, 1862 – November 15, 1951) was an American artist from Salem, Massachusetts, known for his Realistic portraits, American Impressionist paintings, watercolors and etchings. He began his career painting portraits of distinguished families and murals for the Library of Congress. Some of his best known paintings (Eleanor, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Summer, Rhode Island School of Design Museum) depict his daughters outdoors at Benson's summer home, Wooster Farm, on the island of North Haven, Maine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Weston Benson has received more than 187,966 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Weston Benson is the 1,894th most popular painter (down from 1,668th in 2019), the 8,894th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,669th in 2019) and the 116th most popular American Painter.

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Among painters, Frank Weston Benson ranks 1,894 out of 2,023. Before him are Georg Holtzendorff, Augustus John, William Stanley Haseltine, Harry Clarke, Frank Auerbach, and Hans Eworth. After him are Octav Băncilă, Jacek Yerka, Mikuláš Galanda, R. B. Kitaj, Willard Metcalf, and Aleksandr Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Frank Weston Benson ranks 143. Before him are Concepción Aleixandre, Robert Emden, Antoni Lange, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Gustav von Seyffertitz, and Semyon Nadson. After him are Andrés Héctor Carvallo, Oscar Levertin, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Santeri Alkio, Mary Proctor, and Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy. Among people deceased in 1951, Frank Weston Benson ranks 159. Before him are Joaquín Chapaprieta, Giovanni Scatturin, Mayo Methot, Victor Johnson, Axel Sjöblom, and Vsevolod Vishnevsky. After him are Walter, Jacques Cariou, Sigmund Romberg, Harold Kitson, Harry Blackstaffe, and Timrava.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Weston Benson ranks 8,894 out of 20,380. Before him are William L. Marcy (1786), Paul Heyman (1965), Bobcat Goldthwait (1962), Chris Christie (1962), Dan Bilzerian (1980), and Diana Der Hovanessian (1934). After him are Sasha Mitchell (1967), Clarence Pinkston (1900), Camilla Wicks (1928), Lana Parrilla (1977), Michael Aschbacher (1944), and Shelley Berman (1925).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Frank Weston Benson ranks 116. Before him are Edward Henry Potthast (1857), Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851), Charles R. Knight (1874), Arthur Dove (1880), Maxfield Parrish (1870), and William Stanley Haseltine (1835). After him are R. B. Kitaj (1932), Willard Metcalf (1858), Milt Kahl (1909), Albert Pinkham Ryder (1847), John Henry Twachtman (1853), and Stuart Davis (1892).

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