- Benjamin West Clinedinst
Benjamin West Clinedinst (1859-1931) was an American illustrator and painter, born at Woodstock, Va. He studied for a year in
Baltimore and for five years inParis under Cabanel and Bonnat and first attracted attention in New York with his illustrations for "Leslie's Weekly". He was best known as the illustrator ofThomas Nelson Page 's "Unc' Edinburg", the works of Hawthorne, Stevenson, andMark Twain , although he worked also in oils and water colors. His sympathetic collaboration with the author gave his work an especial charm. He was awarded the Evans prize of theAmerican WaterColor Society in 1900.In 1947, the nonprofit Artists' Fellowship, Inc. established the Benjamin West Clinedinst Memorial Medal for exceptional artistic merit. Past winners include
Norman Rockwell ,Pat Oliphant , andPhilip Pearlstein .External links
* [http://www.artnet.com/artist/564575/benjamin-west-clinedinst.html Artnet.com listing]
* [http://www.artistsfellowship.com/benjaminwestclinedinst.html Artists' Fellowship page for Clinedinst Medal, with list of winners]*
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