Benson, Frank Weston (1862-1951)
Frank Weston Benson was born in Salem, Massachusetts and studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Academie Julian in Paris with Boulanger and Lefebvre.
Benson was a teacher throughout his career, first in Portland, Maine, then in his Boston studio, and later at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. In 1900, Benson began to take the subjects of his portraits outside as the focus of his interests shifted from an emphasis on the figure, as in the 1890 Girl in a Red Shawl, to a growing enchantment with modulations of light and colour. Sunlight and brilliant whites and blues began to predominate his paintings.
An early association with Ten American Painters (founded by American artists dedicated to Impressionism) perhaps fuelled his growing interest in the aesthetics of Impressionism. Interestingly, one of Benson's most well known projects, a series of murals in the Library of Congress, does not reflect his conversion to the Impressionist aesthetic.
He is best known for his informal portraits of his own family and for his use of brilliant colours and pure white. He was one of the most successful and prolific artists of his generation. Benson died in his home at Salem on November 15, 1951. |
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