Benjamin West

**Benjamin West**
	18th- and 19th-century English painter Hunanbortread gan Benjamin West
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Name in native language	Benjamin West;
Date of birth	10 October 1738, 10 November 1738; Springfield Township
Date of death	11 March 1820; London
Place of burial	St Paul's Cathedral;
Подданство/гражданство	United States;
Educated at	Yale University;
Occupation	painter; draftsman; artist;
Member of	Royal Academy of Arts; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Académie des beaux-arts;
Position held	President of the Royal Academy of Arts (1792–1805); President of the Royal Academy of Arts (1806–1820);
Field of work	history painting;
Movement	Neoclassicism; Romanticism;
Father	John West;
Mother	Sarah Pearson;
Child	Raphael Lamar West; Benjamin West, Jr.;
Spouse	Elizabeth Shewell West;
Work location	New York City; Rome; London;
Notable work	Erasistratus the Physician Discovers the Love of Antiochus for Stratonice; The Death of General Wolfe;
Award received	Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences;
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Deutsch: Benjamin West (1738-1820), US-amerikanischer Maler zur Zeit der Unabhängigkeitskriege der USA.

English: Benjamin West (1738-1820), Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around the time of the American Revolution.

Italiano: Benjamin West (1738-1820), pittore britannico noto per le sue opere relative alla Rivoluzione americana.

Portraits

Self-portrait of Benjamin West, 1770
After West self-portrait, c.1763
Benjamin West by Gilbert Stuart, 1783–84
Engraving of Benjamin West
Mrs Benjamin West and son Raphael c.1767
Charles Willson Peale by Benjamin West, 1767–69

Paintings by Benjamin West

Agrippina Landing at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus, 1768
Kleombrotos sent into Exile by Leonidas II, 1768
The Death of General Wolfe, 1770
Detail of the Death of General Wolfe, 1770
Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771
Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson (possibly Sir William Johnson), 1775–76
King Lear in the Storm, 1778
Treaty of Paris, 1783
Omnia Vincit Amor or The Power of Love in the Three Elements, 1809
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky (ca. 1816)

The Progress of Revealed Religion, from the Bob Jones University collection

Isaiah's Lips Anointed with Fire
St. Peter Preaching at Pentecost
Christ Coming Up Out of the Jordan
Esau and Jacob Presented to Isaac
The Brazen Serpent
Moses and Aaron before Pharaoh

Works after Benjamin West

Engraving of Richard Price by T. Holloway
Colored engraving of a scene from Pontiac's Rebellion
East window of St Paul's Church, Birmingham, England depicting The Conversion of St Paul