Harry Bennett Figurative Paintings
American, 1919-2012
Harry R. Bennett (1919-2012) Award-winning painter and illustrator Harry R. Bennett, formerly of Ridgefield, Connecticut, died early Thursday, November 29, 2012, from complications of pneumonia at The VA Medical Center in Baltimore, MD. He had lived with his daughter, Pamela Bennett, and wife Margaret Shean in Towson, Maryland.
Mr. Bennett was a commercial artist when he enlisted in the Army in November 1940. He graduated from the Infantry Officer Candidate School in May 1942. Major Bennett was a veteran of the Hollandia operation, in which Gen. Douglas MacArthur's forces cut off the entire Japanese 18th Army, and in which Major Bennett himself won the Bronze Star.
In 1945, Mr. Bennett married Margaret Shean in Ridgefield, CT, where they lived until 1985. His wife encouraged him to follow his passion for painting. He attended The Art Institute of Chicago and The American Academy of Art Chicago. He would use his family and neighbors as models for over 1000 book covers and illustrations over the years.
Mr. Bennett was best known as an internationally published illustrator who painted large-scale covers for the big publishers of the paperback industry at the time including, Simon and Schuster, Western Printing, and Avon Press. He painted covers for various authors including Jude Deveraux, Mary Stewart, Phyllis Whitney, and Victoria Holt. He also illustrated the first paperback edition of Mario Puzo's "The Godfather".
He was awarded a bronze medal by The New York Society of Illustrators for the ink paintings he created to illustrate a boxed collectors' edition of Dante's "Divine Comedy," published in 1966, in which he has granted him a one-man show at The New York Public Library.
In 1986, Mr. Bennett retired from commercial work and traveled out West, settling in Astoria, OR, where his work continues to be exhibited. Jeannine Grafton, director of the RiverSea Gallery, remembers Bennett as a passionate, enthusiastic artist with a "youthful zest for life."
Harry was compassionate, warm, and always interested in engaging with new people. Teri Sund, who was a good friend of Mr. Bennett's and helped run RiverSea Gallery before opening her gallery, recalls, "He was the most honorable and graciously sincere human I have ever had the privilege to know. When Harry was in the room, there were no worries, we all felt safe and cared for when he was around."
Harry had a strong work ethic and always wanted to be painting or preparing for a painting. He was a great mentor to young artists, including his daughter Deborah and Thomas who are also painters.
In 2008, he and his wife moved to Towson, MD.
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