Frank Weston Benson Figurative Prints

On the Kedgwick 1923. Etching. Paff 222. 7 3/4 x 11 3/4 (sheet 11 1/2 x 15 9/16). Edition 150. Illustrated: Fine Prints of the Year, 1923. A rich impression in excellent condition, printed on cream laid paper on the full sheet with deckle edges. Signed in pencil. Housed in a 16 x 20- inch archival mat, suitable for your choice of frame. In the late summer of 1894, a friend invited Benson to go to New Brunswick, Canada, to fish for salmon. The artist discovered he loved the sport as well as camping out in the wilderness and thereafter made annual trips to Canada for almost 40 years. The Kedgwick River in New Brunswick was his favorite river for salmon fishing. Frank W. Benson was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts. He sepnt a great deal of time in the salt marshes that surrounded this costal town studying, as well as hunting, various waterfowl. He painted his first oil of shore birds at the age of twelve. At nineteen he attended the School of Drawing and Painting of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. While attending the school he produced his first etching, "Salem Harbor." In 1883 he traveled to Paris to study at the Academie Julie and for the next thirty years devoted his artistic talent to painting and watercolor. In 1912 at the age of fifty he again began to produce prints. At first, these prints were portraits, then of waterfowl and nature oriented subjects, totaling over 355 various prints before his death in 1951. Today, Benson is considered the founder of the school of American sporting art...

Two Canoes 1927. Etching. Paff 266.i/iii 5 7/8 x 7 3/4 (sheet 9 5/8 x 10 3/4). Trial proof A-5, prior to the edition 150. An extremely rich impression of a fascinating window into the way the artist developed the image. Housed in a 16 x 20-inch archival mat, suitable for your choice of frame. Frank W. Benson was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts. He sepnt a great deal of time in the salt marshes that surrounded this costal town studying, as well as hunting, various waterfowl. He painted his first oil of shore birds at the age of twelve. At nineteen he attended the School of Drawing and Painting of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. While attending the school he produced his first etching, "Salem Harbor." In 1883 he traveled to Paris to study at the Academie Julie and for the next thirty years devoted his artistic talent to painting and watercolor. In 1912 at the age of fifty he again began to produce prints. At first, these prints were portraits, then of waterfowl and nature oriented subjects, totaling over 355 various prints before his death in 1951. Today, Benson is considered the founder of the school of American sporting art...