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Benjamin West PRA was an American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky. Entirely self-taught, West soon gained valuable patronage, and he toured Europe, eventually settling in London.
本傑明·韋斯特 PRA（1738年10月10日－1820年3月11日），英格蘭裔美国画家，以繪製 歷史畫 和美國獨立戰爭場景知名。. 曾擔任英國皇家艺术研究院第二任院長。. 英國皇室曾授予他騎士頭銜，但被韋斯特本人拒絕。. 本傑明·韋斯特出生于宾夕法尼亚州特拉华县的 ...
Benjamin West. born Springfield, PA 1738-died London, England 1820. Born in Pennsylvania, studied art abroad, worked mostly in England. His well-executed paintings of mythological and historical subjects are found in major collections; his portraits include Mary Hopkinson (c. 1764) and a final Self-Portrait (1819), both at the Smithsonian ...
Biography. American-born Benjamin West was one of the most prominent artists in late eighteenth century London. President of the Royal Academy from 1792 until his death, he received many commissions from George III and other English patrons, and at the same time served as teacher and advisor to three generations of American artists in London.
Born in 1738, Benjamin West was the youngest son of Sarah Person and John West, a Quaker who had married twice and had ten children. John West held a number of roles - cooper, tinsmith, and innkeeper among them, and Benjamin was born into humble surroundings near a New World settlement in Pennsylvania. He had a happy childhood and became ...
Biographie. Benjamin West est né dans un milieu modeste des Treize colonies, son père étant aubergiste. Jeune, ses talents artistiques sont remarqués dans la « haute » société à Philadelphie où il exécute des portraits. Certains de ses clients se cotisent pour lui payer un séjour d'étude en Europe, particulièrement le juge William ...
Charles Wilson Peale Benjamin West • 1767-1769 The Indians Delivering up the English Captives to Colonel Bouquet near his camp at the folks of Muskingum, North America in November 1764 Benjamin West • 1769
