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'''Benjamin West''' (Springfield, Pa., 1738 - London, 1820) was an American [[Neoclassical]] [[painter]], a founder of the Royal Academy (1768). His paintings had mainly historical, religious, and mythological subjects. West had an important leadership and influence on later artists. Among his students we could include [[Charles Willson Peale]], [[Gilbert Stuart]], [[John Linnell]], [[Edward Savage]], and [[John Trumbull]].
Benjamin West was one of the first American painters to win a wide reputation in Europe; there he was known as ''"the American [[Raphael]]"''.
<center>
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:West Death of General Wolfe.jpg|Death of General Wolfe, 1771.
Image:West William Penn s Treaty with the Indians.jpg|William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1772.
</gallery>
</center>
== See also ==
*[[American History Painters]]
*[[Charles Willson Peale]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/west_benjamin.html Benjamin West] ARTCYCLOPEDIA.
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/west/ West, Benjamin] The WebMuseum.
[[Category:American Painters]]
Benjamin West was one of the first American painters to win a wide reputation in Europe; there he was known as ''"the American [[Raphael]]"''.
<center>
<gallery perrow="5">
Image:West Death of General Wolfe.jpg|Death of General Wolfe, 1771.
Image:West William Penn s Treaty with the Indians.jpg|William Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1772.
</gallery>
</center>
== See also ==
*[[American History Painters]]
*[[Charles Willson Peale]]
== External links ==
*[http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/west_benjamin.html Benjamin West] ARTCYCLOPEDIA.
*[http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/west/ West, Benjamin] The WebMuseum.
[[Category:American Painters]]