Benjamin West
1738–1820 · Rococo & Neoclassicism
Biography
Benjamin West (1738–1820), born in Pennsylvania, settled in London, became history painter to King George III and president of the Royal Academy. He taught generations of American painters.
Paintings in this gallery (1)
Famous works elsewhere
- Erasistratus the Physician Discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice 1772
- General Johnson Saving a Wounded French Officer from the Tomahawk of a North American Indian 1764
- Portrait of Dr Richard Price 1784
- Alexander III of Scotland Rescued from the Fury of a Stag by the Intrepidity of Colin Fitzgerald 1786
- Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye 1776
- Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims before Iphigenia 1766