Benjamin West

DEAR BUTTERFLY, -- By the aid of a biographical dictionary I made the discovery that there were once two painters, called Benjamin West and

Miscellanies Oscar Wilde 1877

Dear Butterfly -- By the aid of a biographical dictionary, I made the discovery that there were once two painters, called Benjamin West and

The Gentle Art of Making Enemies James McNeill Whistler 1868

The latter shepherded Morse in 1811 to London for study with the expatriate Benjamin West.

Ushering the Old Masters Into the New World John Wilmerding 2011

On learning that George Washington intended to follow up his victory at Yorktown by retiring to his farm at Mount Vernon, George III told the painter Benjamin West: "If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

Is There an Arab George Washington? Bret Stephens 2011

On a visit to England in 1809, Thomas Sully met Benjamin West and took to heart West's belief that artists should create work that rises to the dignity of history and lives in posterity.

Washington's Crossing as Docudrama Patrick J. Walsh 2011

The museum, which opened last weekend and features a survey of American art from Benjamin West to Georgia O'Keefe, from Norman Rockwell to Andy Warhol, and from Joan Mitchell to Walton Ford, has also come under criticism from within the art establishment for both inflating values and buying masterpieces from impoverished art institutions without giving local institutions a chance to match Walton's offer.

Anger at Walmart heiress's $1.4bn gallery as art market becomes focus for protests 2011

Berry-Hill's inventory, according to the gallery's Web site, includes works by artists Nicholas Alden Brooks, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, and Benjamin West.

Artwork Seized in Manhattan 2010

Berry-Hill's inventory, according to the gallery's Web site, includes works by artists Nicholas Alden Brooks, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth, and Benjamin West.

Artwork Seized in Manhattan 2010

Berry-Hill's inventory, according to the gallery's Web site, includes works by artists Nicholas Alden Brooks, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth and Benjamin West.

Gallery's Artworks Seized Erica Orden 2010

Berry-Hill's inventory, according to the gallery's Web site, includes works by artists Nicholas Alden Brooks, Harriet Whitney Frishmuth and Benjamin West.

Gallery's Artworks Seized Erica Orden 2010