About John Benson

Catalogue Raisonné:
The Artistic Legacy of
John Prentiss Benson

Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV


Like its predecessors, Volumes I, II and III of The Artistic Legacy of John Prentiss Benson, this electronic version of Volume IV is intended to serve as a reference source. It takes up where the first three left off and is the result of new information about John Benson’s work that has come to light since the publication of Volume III in June of 2007.

John Benson was a prolific painter, especially in view of the fact he did not become a full-time, self-supporting artist until he was in his 50s. The Alphabetical Listing of paintings in Volume I had 612 titles. That increased to 735 in Volume II and, finally, just over 750 in Volume III.

Volume IV will feature images of paintings that have come to the editors’ attention after the deadline for Volume III had passed. This fourth book will appear only online and be used, as appropriate, to showcase additional information about John Prentiss Benson that will be of unusual and general interest.

Click either the painting or the painting title to view more information.

Barkentine
Clipper
Devonshire Trader
Flushing Mural #1
Flushing Mural #2
Flushing Mural #3
Flushing Mural #4
Frigate Essex Leaving Salem Harbor
Galleon, Harriman Bank
Galleon, The
Inward Bound
Lone Gull #2
On The Maine Coast
Out of the Fog
Overmantel #2
Rockport Schooner
Rowley Marshes #3
The Santa Maria
Screen, Three Panel #5
Screen, Three Panel #6
Still Life #1
Summer Afternoon
Triptych/three-panel - Whalers
"Cold Spring Harbor"
Untitled — Beyond the Inlet
Untitled — Castine
Untitled — Coming Breeze #2
Untitled — Devonshire Cliffs
Untitled — Dory Fishermen
Untitled — Fishermen Heading Out to Sea
Untitled — Gaff Rigged Sloop on Port Tack
Untitled — Gaff Rigged Yawl #2
Untitled — Galleon Approaching #2
Untitled — Galleon Reaching Along Shore
Untitled — Lateen Rigged Dhows #2
Untitled — Maine Coasting Schooner
Untitled — Motoring Across Inlet
Untitled — Nantucket Whaler at Anchor
Untitled — Race Day
Untitled - Rocky Shore and Red Sail in Distance
Untitled — Rowing in the Fog
Untitled — Sailing Off Bermuda
Untitled — Schooner Approaching on Port Tack
Untitled — Schooner Reaching to Left #2
Untitled — Schooner Reaching to Left #3
Untitled — Sea Gulls and Surf
Untitled — Ship Under Full Sail
Untitled — Sloop Approaching
Untitled — Sloop at Anchor
Untitled — Sloop Sailing Away
Untitled — Tea Clipper, The #2
Untitled — Three Masted Square Rigger #2
Untitled — Two Schooners Awaiting a Breeze
Untitled — Waves Breaking on Rocks #3
Whaler Leaving Nantucket





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