| | [[File:Benson, Sunlight, 1909.jpg|thumb|Sunlight, 1909.]] | | [[File:Benson, Sunlight, 1909.jpg|thumb|Sunlight, 1909.]] |
| − | Frank Weston Benson (1858–1939) was an American Impressionist painter, lithographer and etcher; member of ''The Ten''. He is best known for his impressionist ''[[En plein air]]'' paintings. In 1883, Benson enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris where artists such as Bouguereau, Lefebvre, Constant, Doucet and Boulanger taught students from all over Europe and America... In 1890, Benson won the Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy in New York. It was the first of a long series of awards, that earning for him the sobriquet “America’s Most Medalled Painter.” [http://www.frankwbenson.com/biography/] | + | Frank Weston Benson (1862–1951) was an American Impressionist painter, lithographer and etcher; member of ''The Ten''. He is best known for his impressionist ''[[En plein air]]'' paintings. In 1883, Benson enrolled at the Académie Julian in Paris where artists such as Bouguereau, Lefebvre, Constant, Doucet and Boulanger taught students from all over Europe and America... In 1890, Benson won the Hallgarten Prize at the National Academy in New York. It was the first of a long series of awards, that earning for him the sobriquet “America’s Most Medalled Painter.” [http://www.frankwbenson.com/biography/] |
| | {{cquote|“I follow the light; where it comes from, where it goes.” }} | | {{cquote|“I follow the light; where it comes from, where it goes.” }} |