Benjamin West

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Neoclassical artist history painter painter person

Benjamin West was an 18th–19th century Anglo-American painter renowned for his historical and religious works and for helping shape the development of Neoclassical art in Britain.

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instanceOf	Neoclassical artist ⓘ history painter ⓘ painter ⓘ person ⓘ
activeIn	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ
birthDate	1738-10-10 ⓘ
birthPlace	British America ⓘ Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ Springfield, Pennsylvania ⓘ
citizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate	1820-03-11 ⓘ
deathPlace	London, England ⓘ
educatedIn	Italy ⓘ
employer	Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: British royal court
field	painting ⓘ
genre	history painting ⓘ religious painting ⓘ
influenced	Neoclassical art in Britain ⓘ historical painting in Britain ⓘ
knownFor	Penn's Treaty with the Indians ⓘ The Apotheosis of Nelson ⓘ Battle of La Hogue (1692) ⓘ surface form: The Battle of La Hogue The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West ⓘ surface form: The Death of General Wolfe The Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ historical paintings ⓘ religious paintings ⓘ
memberOf	Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
movement	Neoclassicism ⓘ
name	Benjamin West self-link ⓘ
nationality	American ⓘ British ⓘ
notableWork	Penn's Treaty with the Indians ⓘ The Death of General Wolfe by Benjamin West ⓘ surface form: The Death of General Wolfe The Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ
occupation	painter ⓘ
patron	George III of the United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: King George III
position	Historical Painter to the King ⓘ President of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
precededBy	Joshua Reynolds ⓘ surface form: Sir Joshua Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy of Arts
religion	Quaker background ⓘ
residence	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
spouse	Elizabeth Shewell ⓘ
student	Charles Willson Peale ⓘ Gilbert Stuart ⓘ Henry Fuseli ⓘ John Singleton Copley ⓘ John Trumbull ⓘ Washington Allston ⓘ
succeededBy	Sir Thomas Lawrence as President of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
termEnd	as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1820 ⓘ
termStart	as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1792 ⓘ

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