History of Art: Neoclassicism and Romanticism

Neoclassicism and Romanticism

(Neoclassicism, Romanticism and Art Styles in 19th century - Art Map)

Benjamin West

Benjamin West
(b Springfield [now Swarthmore], PA, 10 Oct 1738; d London, 11 March 1820).

American painter and draughtsman, active in England. He was the first American artist to achieve an international reputation and to influence artistic trends in Europe. He taught three generations of his aspiring countrymen. His son Raphael Lamar West (1769–1850) was a history painter.

Self-Portrait
1756
watercolor on ivory
Yale University Art Gallery

Portrait of Colonel Guy Johnson
c. 1775
Oil on canvas, 203 x 138 cm
National Gallery of Art, Washington

Joseph Banks
1773
Oil on canvas, 234 x 160 cm
Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln

The Burghers of Calais
1789
Oil on canvas, 100 x 153 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor

Edward III Crossing the Somme
1788
Oil on canvas, 137,2 x 149,9 cm
Royal Collection, Windsor

The Treaty of Penn with the Indians.
1771-72
Oil on canvas, 190 x 274 cm
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Self-Portrait
1770
Oil on canvas
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore

The Death of General Wolfe
1770
Oil on canvas, 152,6 x 214,5 cm
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

La batalla de La Haya

Pylades and Orestes Brought as Victims to Iphigenia
(detail)
1766
oil on canvas
The Tate Gallery, London

Study for a window at St. Paul's Church, Birmingham
(triptych)

King Lear
1788
oil on canvas
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Death on a Pale Horse
1796
oil on canvas
Detroit Institute of Arts

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