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        <h1 class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Benjamin West (1738-1820)</h1>
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      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s" align="justify">Benjamin West art authentication. <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/appraisal/painting-appraisal.php">Benjamin West appraisal</a>. <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication/certificate-of-authenticity.php">Benjamin West certificates of authenticity (COA)</a>.  Benjamin West analysis, <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication/provenance-research.php">research</a>, <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication/scientific-tests.php">scientific tests</a>, <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/authentication.php">full art authentications</a>. We will help you sell your Benjamin West or we will sell it for you. West was mainly self-taught when it came to the arts and had very little formal education to speak of. In fact, even when he became the president of the Royal Academy, it is said that West could barely spell. Born in Pennsylvania, West was the son of an innkeeper and began painting at an early age. One of his earliest influences was the famous British painter John Wollaston who taught him a number of techniques, from painting shimmery satin and silk to giving his subjects fashionable almond-shaped eyes. It is also said that West received some of his earliest artistic instruction from William Williams and Gustave Heselius.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_SelfPortrait.jpg" alt="Self-Portrait" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Self-Portrait</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">West was mainly self-taught when it came to the arts, and had very little formal education to speak of. In fact, even when he became the president of the Royal Academy, it is said that West could barely spell. Born in Pennsylvania, West was the son of an innkeeper and began painting at an early age. One of his earliest influences was the famous British painter John Wollaston who taught him a number of techniques, from painting shimmery satin and silk to giving his subjects fashionable almond shaped eyes. It is also said that West received some of his earliest artistic instruction from William Williams and Gustave Heselius.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_ThreeLadiesMakingMusic.jpg" alt="Three Ladies Making Music" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Three Ladies Making Music</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_LadyBeauchampProctor.jpg" alt="Lady Beauchamp-Proctor 1778"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Lady Beauchamp-Proctor, 1778</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_AnnBarbaraHillMedlycott.jpg" alt="Ann Barbara Hill Medlycot"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Ann Barbara Hill Medlycot</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">He remained in Pennsylvania painting portraits until 1759 when he moved to Italy to continue his studies. There he studied and copied the works of the Italian masters, like Raphael and Titian, until 1763 when he moved to England. West was almost immediately commissioned to paint portraits of King George III and his family.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/WEst_KingGeorgeIII.jpg" alt="King George III"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">King George III</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">In 1768, West founded the Royal Academy of Arts with his friend and fellow painter Sir Joshua Reynolds. He served as president of the Academy from 1806 until his death in 1820. In 1772, West was appointed the official historical painter of the court and would also later serve as the Surveyor of the King’s Pictures from 1791 until he died in 1820.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_ColonelGuyJohnsonAndKaronghyontye1776.jpg" alt="Colonel GuyJohnson and Karonghyontye 1776"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye, 1776</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Though already a fairly successful painter at this point, West truly began to gain notoriety at the exhibition of the Royal Academy in 1771 for his painting The Death of General Wolfe. Some critics initially snubbed this painting, but it eventually became one of the most reproduced pictures of its time.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img width="auto" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_TheDeathOfGeneralWOlfe.jpg" alt="The Death of General Wolfe 1770"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Death of General Wolfe, 1770</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Early in his career, West was known for portraiture, but once he moved to England, he became famous for his historical paintings. These historical paintings were generally on a large scale and were what West called “epic representation.”</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/WEst_DeathOFNelson.jpg" alt="Death of Nelson"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Death of Nelson</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_DepartureOfRegulusFromRome.jpg" alt="Departure of Regulus from Rome"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Departure of Regulus from Rome</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_scene.jpeg" alt="art" alt="Scene" width="auto"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Scene</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">In the 1770s and 1780s, West also started to slightly break away from Neoclassicism and began to experiment with Romanticism. He did this by incorporating fantasy themes and literary characters into his compositions, as well as creating dramatic effects through lighting.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img width="auto" src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_JunoReceivingTheCestusFromVenus1771.jpg" alt="Juno Receiving the Cestus from Venus 1771"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Juno Receiving the Cestus from Venus, 1771</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_VenusConsolingCupidStu.jpg" alt="Venus Consoling Cupid Stung by a Bee"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Venus Consoling Cupid Stung by a Bee</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_ChristShowingALittleChildAsTheEmblemOfHEaven.jpg" alt="Christ Showing A Little Child as the Emblem of Heaven"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">Christ Showing A Little Child as the Emblem of Heaven</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">West also supported himself financially through the sale of engravings, which little is known about today in comparison to his paintings. West was also known to use gouache as well as oil paint, which was not as widely used at that time.</p>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_TheAngelOfTheResurrectionLitho.jpg" alt="The Angel of the Resurrection lithograph"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Angel of the Resurrection, lithograph</div>
      <p  class="wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s"><img src="uploads/artists/artists_l-z/west/West_TheSepulchre1782.jpg" alt="The Sepulchre 1782 gouache on paper"></p>
      <div class="boldcap wow fadeInRight" data-wow-delay=".4s">The Sepulchre, 1782, gouache on paper</div>
      <p class="wow fadeInLeft" data-wow-delay=".4s">Today, West’s paintings are housed all over New England and the United Kingdom and perhaps in your own home. Still wondering about a Colonial Era portrait or historical painting hanging in your family’s estate? <a href="https://www.artexpertswebsite.com/contact/contact1.php">Contact</a> us…it could be by Benjamin West.</p>
      
      
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