
Margaret Gretchen Strong, from circa 1909

by Frank Weston Benson
Title
Margaret Gretchen Strong, from circa 1909
Artist
Frank Weston Benson
Medium
Painting - Oil Painting
Description
Frank Weston Benson - Margaret Gretchen Strong - circa 1909
Frank Weston Benson 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.
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January 27th, 2016
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