PAINTER

Frank Weston Benson

1862 - 1951

Frank Weston Benson

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. He also produced numerous oil, wash and watercolor paintings and etchings of wildfowl and landscapes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Weston Benson is the 1,905th most popular painter (down from 1,894th in 2019), the 9,634th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,896th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frank Weston Benson ranks 1,905 out of 2,023. Before him are Marsden Hartley, Hans Scherfig, George Inness, Samuel Colman, John Opie, and Peter Blake. After him are George Peter Alexander Healy, Martin Johnson Heade, Jacek Yerka, Louise Rayner, Zofia Stryjeńska, and Albert Pinkham Ryder.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

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Marsden Hartley
1877 - 1943
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 1,899
Hans Scherfig
1905 - 1979
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 1,900
George Inness
1825 - 1894
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 1,901
Samuel Colman
1832 - 1920
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 1,902
John Opie
1761 - 1807
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 1,903
Peter Blake
1932 - Present
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 1,904
Frank Weston Benson
1862 - 1951
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 1,905
George Peter Alexander Healy
1813 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 1,906
Martin Johnson Heade
1819 - 1904
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,907
Jacek Yerka
1952 - Present
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 1,908
Louise Rayner
1832 - 1924
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 1,909
Zofia Stryjeńska
1891 - 1976
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 1,910
Albert Pinkham Ryder
1847 - 1917
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 1,911

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1862, Frank Weston Benson ranks 148. Before him are Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Adolf Bartels, Júlia Lopes de Almeida, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Semyon Nadson, and Cecilio Báez. After him are Santeri Alkio, Oscar Levertin, Alexander Amfiteatrov, Herbert Baker, Helen Bannerman, and Carrie Derick. Among people deceased in 1951, Frank Weston Benson ranks 171. Before him are Jacques Cariou, Ben Chifley, Gaston Peltier, Herbert Lindström, Simon Barere, and Lloyd C. Douglas. After him are Nora Barnacle, Jack Holt, Victor Johnson, Gordon Hodgson, Giovanni Scatturin, and Thomas Blamey.

Others Born in 1862

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Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1862 - 1935
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 142
Adolf Bartels
WRITER
1862 - 1945
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 143
Júlia Lopes de Almeida
WRITER
1862 - 1934
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 144
Gustav von Seyffertitz
ACTOR
1862 - 1943
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 145
Semyon Nadson
WRITER
1862 - 1887
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 146
Cecilio Báez
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1941
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 147
Frank Weston Benson
PAINTER
1862 - 1951
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 148
Santeri Alkio
POLITICIAN
1862 - 1930
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 149
Oscar Levertin
WRITER
1862 - 1906
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 150
Alexander Amfiteatrov
WRITER
1862 - 1938
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 151
Herbert Baker
ARCHITECT
1862 - 1946
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 152
Helen Bannerman
WRITER
1862 - 1946
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 153
Carrie Derick
BIOLOGIST
1862 - 1941
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 154