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George Bensell

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George Frederick Bensell (1837 - 1879) was active/lived in Pennsylvania.  George Bensell is known for Portrait, genre-frontier and landscape painting.

Born in Philadelphia, George Bensell studied at the Pennsylvania Academy and became a portrait, poetical genre, landscape, and historical painter. The Philadelphia Sketch Club was formed in his studio in 1860, and he served as the Club's first president. He was also an instructor at the Pennsylvania Academy and with Samuel Diffield in 1867, wrote a twenty-two page poem, "The Artist's Dream".

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William Patterson & David Zellin, "Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club"   ...  [Displaying 517 of 1188 characters.]  Artist bio

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17 Book References for George Bensell
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2001 Sellin, David; Mark Sullivan Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club
(Exhibition catalog)		 52 Yes
2000 Cuthbert, John A. Early Art and Artists in West Virginia 301 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Vose Galleries Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two 35 Yes
1993 Thiede, Rolf; David Cassedy, Matthew North, Christine Schultz American and European Paintings Under $7,500. (Schwarz Gallery, Philadelphia)
(Exhibition catalog)		 72 No
1989 Fresella-Lee, Nancy The American Paintings (in the) Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art 222 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1807-1870, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 472 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1983 Wright, R Lewis Artists in Virginia Before 1900: An Annotated Checklist 200 No
1982 Dooley, John (Foreward) Sketch Club Tricentennial Year Book A Salute to Philadelphia, 1682-1982 30 No
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1970 Bolton, Theodore Early American Portrait Draughtsmen in Crayons 111 No
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
1956 McCracken, Harold Western Paintings A Distinguished Collection (of) 32 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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