Wild Bird Fishing Reflected In Water

Artist Frank Weston Benson (Salem, Massachusetts, USA, 1862 - 1951)

Mediumdrypoint on paper

ClassificationsPrints

DimensionsOverall: Height: 30.2 cm, Width: 19.9 cm
Frame: Height: 41.2 cm, Width: 32.9 cm

AcquisitionPresented in 1960 by Mrs Marguerite McBey.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG005248

Keywords

Wader

About MeFrank W. Benson was born in Salem, Massachusetts and studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School and the Academie Julien, Paris. He specialised in etchings and drypoints of waterfowl seen, as here, in tidal flats and also in marshes, ponds and in flight.

Benson took up etching when he was 50 years old. Finding immediate success he went on to create over 300 plates. He was a member of the National Academy and Society of American Etchers and designed the second Federal Duck Stamp for the United States Department of the Interior.