Posted on 2 August 2010, 2:30 am, by Typocurious, under
biographies.
This is a story about a man who might easily—too easily—be called a latter-day Mediaevalist or a Renaissance Master, if you did not see a little more deeply into the nature of the man and the kind of work he does. You might also think of William Morris, minus the Pre-Raphaelitism which defeated the aims of that immortal esthete, but [...]
Posted on 26 July 2010, 2:30 am, by Typocurious, under
biographies.
John Howard Benson was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1901, attended the public schools, and, after five years of study at the Art Students League in New York, returned to live there. His mother, whose considerable artistic flair made her appreciate his similar inclination, was ambitious for him in this field. Disregarding the rather [...]