Benjamin West, the prolific American portraitist and history painter, was paid £125 for them circa 1780.
"Benjamin West and the Venetian Secret," Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Sept. 18 to Jan . 4 Though the title sounds like a Dan Brown novel, this exhibition of paintings, letters and documents revisits the kerfuffle surrounding a late 18th-century art hoax that fooled many prominent artists in Britain, including Benjamin West, the American-born president of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Benjamin West, another important native figure in the history of American painting, was born in Pennsylvania but settled in London in 1763, where he became the second president of the Royal Academy.
Benjamin West, in addition to his contribution to Neoclassicism, developed a style of narrative painting with dramatic subjects taken from contemporary life; while he painted his most significant work in Britain, it was on American rather than English artists that it made the most impact.
Benjamin West, who painted it, made a nearly identical painting of the same scene for King George III in 1771.
Among his famous likenesses are those of George III, William Pitt, Charles James Fox, and Benjamin West.
The Paintings of Benjamin West.
The restored Benjamin West House (1724), birthplace of the celebrated artist, is also on the campus.
I read a book about Benjamin West, who made his own paint.
Junior Men: Euan Brennan, Joshua Copperthwaite, Joshua Lay, Rory James Leonard, Zakariya Mahamed, Lachlan Wellington, Benjamin West, Matthew Willis.
Among the better-known of these artists are Rembrandt, Rubens, Fragonard, Luca di Tomme, Winslow Homer, Benjamin West and John Singleton Copley.
