Frank Weston Benson - Awards and Acclaim

Awards and Acclaim

In the 1890s he began receiving his first awards, after the turn of the century he won awards for his Impressionist paintings, and his wildlife watercolors and etchings won awards in the 1920s and 1930s and up to age 86. In 1914 the Boston Transcript called Benson "America's Most Medalled Painter."

Here are a few awards that Benson won:

• 1890 Hallgarten Prize, National Academy in New York for Orpheus
• 1891 Thomas B. Clark Prize, National Academy
• 1896 Shaw Fund Prize, Society of American Artists
• 1900 Silver Medal, Paris Exposition Universelle for The Sisters
• 1906 Thomas R. Proctor Prize, National Academy
• Henry Ward Ranger Fund prize for Still Life, now at the National Museum of American Art

He received an honorary Master of Fine Arts degree from Tufts University in 1930 and was selected into the National Institute of Letters and Arts in 1945.