List of murals by Frank Weston Benson

Frank Weston Benson

Works
Interiors and still life Landscapes Murals Portraits Waterscapes Wildlife Other works
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Frank Weston Benson made Murals as well as portraits, waterscapes, wildlife, landscapes and other works of art.

Benson was commissioned by the Library of Congress of the United States in the 1890s; he completed murals of the Four Seasons and Three Graces for the project.^[1]

Murals[]

Title	Image	Year	Collection	Comments and SIRIS ID[nb 1]
Aglaia (or The Graces: Aglaia), mural		1896	Library of Congress, Washington, DC	Subject: Aglaia, patroness of Husbandry, seated in landscape, holding shepherd's crook. SIRIS Control Number 08480647.[2]
Euphrosyne (or The Graces: Euphrosyne), mural		1896	Library of Congress, Washington, DC	Subject: Euphrosyne, patroness of Beauty, seated in landscape, looking at herself in hand mirror. SIRIS Control Number 08480649[2]
Thalia (or The Graces: Thalia), mural		1896 08480648	Library of Congress, Washington, DC	Subject: Thalia, patroness of Music, seated in landscape, holding lyre.
The Four Seasons, mural		1896	Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Sketch for a Mural, oil on canvas		c. 1890		Dimensions: 32.9 in x 40.1 in (83.6 cm x 101.9 cm). SIRIS Control Number 62641460[2]

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Bibliography[]

• "Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS)". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
• "Sunlight". Indianapolis Museum of Art. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
• "Benson, Frank W. Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) - Search Engine". Retrieved 2014-03-31.

External links[]

• "Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) - Frank Weston Benson". Smithsonian Institution.
• "Art collections of the Five Colleges and Historic Deerfield, a consortium of museums in Western Massachusetts". Five College Museums/Historic Deerfield Collections Database.