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| Benjamin West (1738 - 1820) |
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Artists who influenced Benjamin West | One of ten children of a rural Pennsylvania innkeeper, Benjamin West was the first American artist to achieve an international reputation. Despite living in England, West profoundly influenced American painting, teaching three generations of his countrymen. Meeting a British portraitist changed nine-year-old West's life: "Most undoubtedly had not [he] been settled in Philadelphia I ... more (Google) | Artists who were influenced by Benjamin West | |
 Rembrandt |  Death of General Wolfe (National Gallery of Canada) |  Hope Family of Sydenham, Kent (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) |  John Singleton Copley |
 Nicolas Poussin |  King Lear (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) |  Oath of Hannibal (Royal Collection) |  William Blake |
 Nathaniel Dance |  George III (Royal Collection) |  Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (National Gallery of Art) |  Gilbert Stuart |
 Anton Raphael Mengs |  Stolen Kiss (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) |  George, Prince of Wales, with Prince Frederick (Royal Collection) |  Charles Willson Peale |