Elton Bennett (June 2, 1910 – January 30, 1974) was a 20th Century American artist living and working in the Northwest.
Born in 1910 in Cosmopolis, Washington, Bennett grew up and worked on the Washington coast, attended art school at the age of 36 and by 1956 became a full-time artist making serigraphs or silk screen prints. He continued working until his death with his wife in 1974 in a commercial plane crash.
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