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Benjamin West

Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) — Re-examining a founding American myth

The making of an American myth

by Monica Zimmerman, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Dr. Beth Harris

Benjamin West, Penn's Treaty with the Indians, 1771-72, oil on canvas, 191.8 x 273.7 cm (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts) — A founding myth for Pennsylvania and for the United States

Benjamin West, Penn’s Treaty with the Indians

by Monica Zimmerman, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Dr. Beth Harris

Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe, 1770, oil on canvas, 152.6 x 214.5 cm (National Gallery of Canada) — West turned the conventions of history painting on their head by choosing a contemporary subject and dress.

Painting the French and Indian War

by Dr. Bryan Zygmont

Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe — West turned the conventions of history painting on their head by choosing a contemporary subject and dress.

Benjamin West, The Death of General Wolfe

by Dr. Bryan Zygmont