| The Sporting Art of Frank W. Benson Contributor(s): Bedford, Faith Andrews (Author) |
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ISBN: 1567921116 ISBN-13: 9781567921113 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher OUR PRICE: $58.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2000 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Biography & Autobiography | Sports - Art | American - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 00037151 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 11.1" W x 9.2" (3.45 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Frank Benson, a pivotal artist of the American Impressionist movement had three great loves in his long and productive life: his family, his art, and the sporting life. As a boy, Benson dreamed of being an ornithological illustrator. In mid-life, after an extremely successful career as a portraitist, he returned to the wildfowl and sporting subjects that were his lifelong passion. Over the next forty years, in etching, lithography, watercolor, and oil and wash, he portrayed birds beloved since childhood, scenes of his hunting and fishing expeditions, and still lives of incomparable delicacy. Whether painting a hunter setting out decoys, a wash of geese by moonlight, a watercolor of a companion poised to gaff a salmon, or an etching of a group of ducks silently gliding in for a landing, Benson conveyed the joy and beauty of a sportsman's life. |
