Frank (Weston) Benson

Painter and etcher, born in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. He studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (1877–80), and in Paris (1883), settled in Boston to teach at the Museum of Fine Arts (1889–1912), and spent his summers in North Haven Island, ME. A member of the Ten (1898), he produced impressionist works, such as ‘Summer’ (1890), and also made popular wildlife etchings.

Frank Weston Benson (March 24, 1862 - November 15, 1951) was an American Impressionist artist. Benson was a member of the Ten American Painters. In 1879, he began study at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and later at the Académie Julian in Paris. Upon return to America, he would become an instructor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. His paintings often depict his daughters outdoors at Benson's summer home on the island of North Haven, Maine.

On October 19, 2006, a watercolor painting by Benson was sold at auction for $165,002USD.