S. Patricia Benson | |
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Born | Sarah Patricia McMahon July 27, 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Died | July 6, 2024, 82 years Alfred, Maine |
Alma mater | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Michigan State University Master in Fine Arts in Printmaking Florida State University |
Known for | Printmaking |
Notable work | Our Brother’s Keeper: The Indian in White America (1969), Vulture II (1968) |
Style | Printmaking |
Children | Sarah Benson Waters, Erin Peck Yarema |
Parent(s) | Thomas Edward McMahon III and Sarah Adelaide Shute McMahon |
S. Patricia "Patty" Benson (1941–2024) was an American artist, known for printmaking.
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cincinnati Art Museum and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Benson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 27, 1941. She was raised in Pawnee Mission, Kansas, and later moved to Greenwich, Connecticut for high school.
She later received a bachelor of arts degree in Printmaking from Michigan State University and went to pursue a Masters in Fine Arts in Printmaking at Florida State University.
Benson later went on be an art educator, teaching fine arts at a number of institutions, among them, Florida State University, University of Florida, Sonoma State College, San Francisco Art Institute, Portland School of Art and the University of Southern Maine. She spent her later life in Alfred, Maine, and retired from the University of Southern Maine after forty years of tenure.
Selected works
- Patricia Benson, Our Brother's Keeper: The Indian in White America, 1969, screenprint, 28 1⁄2 x 21 in. (72.4 x 53.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1970.25
- S. Patricia Benson, Vulture II, 1968. Engraving Brooklyn Museum, Bristol-Myers Fund, 68.105.1.
References
- ^ "Patricia Benson | Smithsonian American Art Museum". americanart.si.edu.
- "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org.
- "Cincinnati Art Museum: Explore the Collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum". Cincinnati Art Museum.
- "American Indian #10 - S. Patricia Benson". FAMSF Search the Collections. 20 September 2017.
- admin (2024-08-05). "S. Benson Obituary - Death Notice and Service Information". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- ^ "Obituary: S. Patricia Benson". Press Herald. 2024-08-07. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
- "In Memoriam: Sarah "Patty" Benson, Former President of the Part-Time Faculty Association of Maine (AFT) | Maine AFL-CIO". maineaflcio.org. 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
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