Frank Weston Benson made Waterscapes in oil, watercolor, ink, pencil and created etchings. He also made portraits, landscapes, wildlife, interiors and other works of art.
Salem Harbor was Benson's first etching, made while he was at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston[1] and published in the school's magazine Students in the School of Drawing. Benson was one of the editors of the magazine. Thirty years later, in 1912, Benson began etching again, a practice that thereafter became a major body of his work.[2] Two plates were made of The Anchorage that depicted a fisherman bringing a dory to shore. The first resulted in 48 proofs on shogun paper, 43 of which were signed. The second plate was more spacious than the first and resulted in 25 signed proofs printed on shogun paper. The work was exhibited in 1915 and 1916 four times.[3] Casting for Salmon is one of Benson's 359 etchings, most of which were made of waterfowl. In the simple composition of a fisherman reflected influence by Japanese artists and demonstrated his skill as an etcher.[1]
Benson declared Calm Morning of his three oldest children his "best out of door work." In this case Benson was deliberate in his approach, he made three oil studies before making the final painting; Generally he started and finished he outdoor paintings on one canvas. From left to right, Eleanor, Elisabeth and George fished over the side of a boat off in the waters of their summer home in Maine. Benson was masterful in capturing the reflection of the boat on the water and the deeper color of its shadow. The vivid, luminous colors give depict the sun shining upon the children.[4]
Over Benson's career he painted more than 600 watercolors, like Camp (or Salmon Fishing) that he made during a salmon fishing trip in Canada with his son, George.[1]
| Title | Image | Medium | Year | data-sort-type="number" | Dimensions | Collection | Comments and SIRIS Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Harbor | etching/print | 1882 | 5.1 in x 7.9 in (13 cm x 20.1 cm) | ||||
| After the Storm | oil on canvas | 1884 | 40 in x 58 in (101.6 cm x 147.3 cm) | Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA | Scene: woman at seashore; Concarneau, France. After the Storm was selected to be exhibited at London's Royal Academy in the spring of 1885.[5] SIRIS Collection Number 89170007[6] | ||
| Moonlight (or Moonlight on the Waters) | oil on canvas | 1891 | 15 in x 30 in (38.1 cm x 76.2 cm) | Art Institute of Chicago | Scene: nighttime waterscape with full moon reflecting off crashing white waves. SIRIS Collection Number 89170035 | ||
| The Concord River | oil on canvas | 1893 | 30 in x 25 in (76.2 cm x 63.5 cm) | ||||
| Portsmouth Harbor | oil on canvas | 1895 | 24 in x 20 in (61 cm x 50.8 cm) | Scene: Portsmouth, NH. SIRIS Collection Number 8C110002 | |||
| Calm Morning | oil on canvas | 1904 | 44.4 in x 36.1 in (112.8 cm x 91.7 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio | SIRIS Collection Number 20492457 | ||
| The Landing (or Annisquam Yacht Club) | oil on canvas | 1904 | 25 in x 30 in (63.5 cm x 76.2 cm) | Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH | Scene: sunny late afternoon view across deep blue water along coast of North Haven, ME. SIRIS Collection Number 40800235 | ||
| Smelt Fishermen | etching on zinc plate/print | 1913 | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | ||||
| Sunset | drypoint etching on copper plate/print | 1914 | 9.1 in x 7.1 in (23.1 cm x 18 cm) | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY[7] | |||
| The Duck Hunter | etching on wove paper/print | 1914 | 5.9 in x 7.9 in (15 cm x 20.1 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | |||
| River Drivers (or River Drifters) | etching/print | 1914 | 8.9 in x 6.9 in (22.6 cm x 17.5 cm) | California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | |||
| Clam Digger | etching/print | 1914 | 5.9 in x 7.9 in (15 cm x 20.1 cm) | ||||
| Dusk | etching/print | 1914 | 9.8 in x 10.9 in (24.9 cm x 27.7 cm) | Scene: waterfowl hunter wading through marsh. | |||
| Hunter in a Boat (or Hunter in Boat) | oil on canvas | 1915 | 33.3 in x 66.5 in (84.6 cm x 168.9 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: male figure sits in rowboat on rough water as waterfowl fly overhead. SIRIS Collection Number 20492454 | ||
| The Anchorage | etching/print | 1915 | 3.8 in x 6.8 in (9.7 cm x 17.3 cm) | Museum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | |||
| The Landing | etching/print | 1915 | 7.3 in x 11.2 in (18.5 cm x 28.4 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | |||
| Low Tide | drypoint etching/print | 1915 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | ||||
| The Fishermen | etching on Shogun paper/print | 1915 | 8 in x 6 in (20.3 cm x 15.2 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | Scene: children fishing from a small boat. | ||
| The Lobsterman (or The Lobster Man) | etching/print | 1915 | 10 in x 8 in (25.4 cm x 20.3 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: male figure standing at oars in boat in waterscape. | ||
| The Gunner | etching/print | 1915 | 9.8 in x 7.9 in (24.9 cm x 20.1 cm) or 14.5 in x 11.5 in (36.8 cm x 29.2 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio | Scene: waterfowl hunter in waterscape. | ||
| Over Sunk Marsh | pencil | 1915 | 5.9 in x 7.9 in (15 cm x 20.1 cm) | ||||
| Fox Islands Thoroughfare, Maine | Online image[8] | watercolor on paper | c. 1916 | 14.5 in x 21.5 in (36.8 cm x 54.6 cm) | Scene: view of Fox Island Thoroughfare (part of Atlantic Ocean between two Maine islands) over yellow landscape with pine trees. SIRIS Collection Number 73750008 | ||
| In the Marsh (or Duck Hunting) | Online image[9] | watercolor | 1916 | 14 in x 20 in (35.6 cm x 50.8 cm) | Scene: wildfowl hunter standing in boat in marsh. | ||
| Fishing | Online image[10] | ink, wash, and pencil en grisaille on paper | 1916 | 9.8 in x 11.8 in (24.9 cm x 30 cm) | Scene: male figures fishing, wading or in canoe. | ||
| Evening | etching/print | 1916 | 10 in x 7.9 in (25.4 cm x 20.1 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: marsh waterscape with lone waterfowl. | ||
| Portsmouth Harbour (or Portsmouth Harbor) | etching/print | 1916 | 7.3 in x 6 in (18.5 cm x 15.2 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: Portsmouth, NH. | ||
| The River | drypoint etching/print | 1916 | 9.9 in x 7.9 in (25.1 cm x 20.1 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: river waterscape with waterfowl. | ||
| Trout Stream | etching/print | 1916 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | ||||
| On the Ipswich River | etching/print | 1916 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: Ipswich River, MA. | |||
| Second Island Outlet | drypoint etching/print | 1916 | 8.8 in x 13.8 in (22.4 cm x 35.1 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | |||
| Marshes at Long Point (or Marshes of Long Point) | Cornell Online collection | drypoint etching/print | 1916 | 8.8 in x 13.8 in (22.4 cm x 35.1 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | ||
| Marshes at Evening | Online image[11] | etching/print | 1918 | 8.7 in x 10.6 in (22.1 cm x 26.9 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: waterfowl in flight in marsh. | |
| Bound Home | Online image[12] | etching/print | 1918 | 9 in x 10.9 in (22.9 cm x 27.7 cm) or 6 in x 8 in (15.2 cm x 20.3 cm) | National Academy Museum and School | Scene: male figures (2) in sailboat. | |
| Marsh Gunner | etching/print | 1918 | 11 in x 9.1 in (27.9 cm x 23.1 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: waterfowl hunter in waterscape. | ||
| Canoeman | etching on laid paper/print | 1919 | 8 in x 6 in (20.3 cm x 15.2 cm) | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | |||
| Boating at Vinalhaven | 1920 | 30 in x 23.3 in (76.2 cm x 59.2 cm) | Private collection | Scene: Vinalhaven, ME. | |||
| Boats at Dawn | etching on zinc plate/print | 1920 | 7.7 in x 10.7 in (19.6 cm x 27.2 cm) | Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: small boats setting off from dock. | ||
| Rippling Water | etching on zinc plate/print | 1920 | 12.6 in x 9.8 in (32 cm x 24.9 cm) or 10 in x 8 in (25.4 cm x 20.3 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: lone waterfowl in waterscape. | ||
| Canada River | Online image[13] | drypoint etching/print | 1920 | 5.9 in x 7.9 in (15 cm x 20.1 cm) | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | ||
| Riverman | Cornell Online collection | etching/aquatint on wove paper/print | 1920 | 6 in x 4 in (15.2 cm x 10.2 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: male figure poling canoe in waterscape. | |
| Rivermen | etching/print | 1920 | 7 in x 9 in (17.8 cm x 22.9 cm) | Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: male figures (2) poling canoe in waterscape. | ||
| Sunrise | etching on Japanese wove paper/print | 1920 | 6.9 in x 10.8 in (17.5 cm x 27.4 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA: Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | |||
| Early Gunners | etching/print | 1920 | 1.8 in x 5 in (4.6 cm x 12.7 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: 2 figures standing in boats in waterscape. | ||
| Winding River | etching/print | 1920 | 5.8 in x 3.8 in (14.7 cm x 9.7 cm) | ||||
| Harbor | etching/print | c. 1920 | 4 in x 6 in (10.2 cm x 15.2 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | |||
| Camp (or Salmon fishing) | 1921 | ||||||
| Wood Duck Pond | Online image[14] | watercolor on paper | 1921 | 19.5 in x 15.5 in (49.5 cm x 39.4 cm) | Scene: close-up of pond with woods/brush in background. SIRIS Collection Number 9170022 | ||
| Rocky River | Online image[15] | etching/print | 1921 | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | |||
| Off Pea Island | Online image[16] | etching/print | 1921 | 7 in x 10 in (17.8 cm x 25.4 cm) | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: small boats at anchor in waterscape. | |
| The Gunners' Blind (or Gunner's Blind) | etching on Japanese wove paper/print | 1921 | 8 in x 9.8 in (20.3 cm x 24.9 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | |||
| The Gunners Blind | Online image[17] | etching/print | 1921 | 8 in x 9.8 in (20.3 cm x 24.9 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | ||
| Essex Marshes | Online image[18] | etching/print | c. 1921 | 6.9 in x 11.8 in (17.5 cm x 30 cm) | |||
| The Sarah Douglass | Online image[19] | watercolor on paper | 1922 | 19.5 in x 15.3 in (49.5 cm x 38.9 cm) | Scene: sailboat in dry dock by water. SIRIS Collection Number 89170095 | ||
| Danvers River, Massachusetts | Online image[20] | watercolor on paper | 1922 | 13.8 in x 19.7 in (35.1 cm x 50 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: snow-covered winter landscape with Danvers River winding across foreground. SIRIS Collection Number 20493113 | |
| Western Bay | Online image[21] | watercolor on paper | 1922 | 14 in x 22 in (35.6 cm x 55.9 cm) | |||
| Beach Looking West | Online image[22] | watercolor/pencil on paper laid down on board | 1922 | 13.5 in x 19.5 in (34.3 cm x 49.5 cm) | Scene: beach landscape with view of sea through sea grape trees. | ||
| The Thoroughfare | Online image[23] | watercolor on paper | 1922 | 13.8 in x 19.5 in (35.1 cm x 49.5 cm) | Scene: view of Fox Island Thoroughfare (part of Atlantic Ocean between two Maine islands) over yellow landscape with pine trees. | ||
| The Bowsprit | Online image[24] | watercolor over graphite pencil on paper | c. 1922 | 16.1 in x 20.2 in (40.9 cm x 51.3 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | ||
| Pulpit Rock, North Haven, Maine | Online image[25] | watercolor on paper | 1922 | 14.3 in x 20 in (36.3 cm x 50.8 cm) | |||
| The Start | Online image[26] | etching on laid paper/print | 1922 | 5 in x 3.8 in (12.7 cm x 9.7 cm) | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | Scene: waterfowl hunters setting out. | |
| Lily Pond | Online image[27] | oil on canvas | 1923 | 44 in x 36 in (111.8 cm x 91.4 cm) | Scene: view looking across lily pond behind artist's home, Wooster Farm, North Haven, Maine; deep green lily pads scattered across water with sun highlighting grass along far shore. SIRIS Collection Number 89170088 | ||
| Down the Rapids | Online image[28] | watercolor/pencil on paper | c. 1923 | 16.5 in x 20 in (41.9 cm x 50.8 cm) | Scene: 2 figures navigate river rapids in canoe. | ||
| Canoe Voyage | Online image[29] | watercolor on paper | 1923 | 16 in x 20 in (40.6 cm x 50.8 cm) | Scene: two figures canoeing on calm river. | ||
| Wildfowler (or Wild Fowler) | Cornell Online collection | etching/print | 1923 | 20 in x 12 in (50.8 cm x 30.5 cm) or 7.8 in x 11.8 in (19.8 cm x 30 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | ||
| Setting Decoys | Cornell Online collection | etching on laid paper/print | c. 1923 | 7.9 in x 11 in (20.1 cm x 27.9 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | ||
| On the Kedgwick (or On the Kedgewick) | Cornell Online collection | etching/print | 1923 | 7.8 in x 11.8 in (19.8 cm x 30 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | Scene: 2 figures with canoes at sandy river landing. | |
| Salmon Fishermen | Online image[30] | watercolor and graphite on wove paper | 1924 | 20.9 in x 17.8 in (53.1 cm x 45.2 cm) | Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA | Scene: 2 male figures on river in canoe; 1 fishing, one paddling. | |
| Lily Pond | watercolor on paper | 1924 | 14 in x 20.8 in (35.6 cm x 52.8 cm) | Scene: close-up of still pond water with lily pads. SIRIS Control Number 89170101 | |||
| Deer River, Alabama | Online image[31] [32] | watercolor on paper | c. 1924 | 13.3 in x 20.3 in (33.8 cm x 51.6 cm) | |||
| Boat with Dog (or Hunter Poling Boat) | etching/lithograph | 1924 | 27.9 in x 35.6 in (70.9 cm x 90.4 cm) or 11.3 in x 14.5 in (28.7 cm x 36.8 cm) | Private collection | SIRIS Collection Number 89170054 | ||
| The Deer Hunter | Online image[33] | etching on wove paper/print | 1924 | 6.7 in x 10.7 in (17 cm x 27.2 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | ||
| Fire on the Beach | Online image[34] | oil on canvas | 1925 | 30 in x 36 in (76.2 cm x 91.4 cm) | SIRIS Collection Number 89170041 | ||
| The Stream | Online image[35] | watercolor on paper | 1925 | 18 in x 21.9 in (45.7 cm x 55.6 cm) | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH | Scene: male figure standing in stream fishing. | |
| Hunter Coming Ashore | Online image[36] | watercolor | 1925 | 16.5 in x 21.5 in (41.9 cm x 54.6 cm) | Scene: lone hunter in marsh pulling boat ashore. | ||
| Duck Blind (or Duck Hunters) | etching/print | 1925 | 7.9 in x 10.9 in (20.1 cm x 27.7 cm) or 18.4 in x 25.4 in (46.7 cm x 64.5 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio | |||
| Over Currituck Marshes | watercolor on paper | 1926 | 14.5 in x 19.3 in (36.8 cm x 49 cm) | Scene: man wades in water with his right hand on boat; dog sits in boat; ducks float on water at left. SIRIS Collection Number 8A220003 | |||
| Hunter with Retriever | Online image[37] | watercolor on paper | 1926 | 15 in x 20 in (38.1 cm x 50.8 cm) | |||
| The Gorge in Autumn | Online image[38] | watercolor with graphite on paper | 1926 | 15.5 in x 13.8 in (39.4 cm x 35.1 cm) | Art work is dedicated to Horace Dunham. | ||
| Early Morning Sail | Online image[39] | watercolor on paper | 1926 | 18.8 in x 24.8 in (47.8 cm x 63 cm) | Scene: lone figure in small sailboat in waterscape. | ||
| The Punter | Online image[40] | watercolor on paper | 1926 | 14.5 in x 18.5 in (36.8 cm x 47 cm) | Scene: lone figure standing, poling a small boat in waterscape. | ||
| Canoeing | Online image[41] | watercolor/pencil on paper laid on board | 1926 | 21.7 in x 15.1 in (55.1 cm x 38.4 cm) | Scene: figures standing, poling canoes in waterscape. | ||
| Salmon Fishing | Online image[42] | oil on canvas | 1927 | 36.1 in x 44.1 in (91.7 cm x 112 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: man standing under shade of tree in shallow water along shore of river, his pant legs rolled up and fishing pole in his hands; man stares intently across water as salmon jumps above surface; mountains visible in distance. SIRIS Collection Number 20492452 | |
| Salmon Fishing | Online image[43] | oil on canvas | 1927 | 32 in x 40 in (81.3 cm x 101.6 cm) | Scene: two figures fishing on a river from a canoe. | ||
| Indian Guide | Online image[44] | oil on canvas | 1927 | 40 in x 32 in (101.6 cm x 81.3 cm) | Private collection | ||
| On the Restigouche | Online image[45] | oil on canvas | 1927 | 36 in x 44 in (91.4 cm x 111.8 cm) | Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL | Scene: male figure standing in canoe poling on choppy river. SIRIS Collection Number 12000025 | |
| Resting on the Kedgwick | Online image[46] | watercolor | 1927 | 19 in x 24 in (48.3 cm x 61 cm) | Scene: male figure sits beside canoe at sandy river landing. | ||
| Winter Wildfowling | Online image[47] | etching | 1927 | 11.8 in x 9.8 in (30 cm x 24.9 cm) | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY | Scene: waterfowl hunters in waterscape. | |
| The Punter | Online image[48] | etching on laid paper/print | 1927 | 11.8 in x 15.8 in (30 cm x 40.1 cm) or 7.8 in x 11.9 in (19.8 cm x 30.2 cm) | Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY; Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH | Scene: male figure standing in punt in waterscape. | |
| Running the Rapids | Online image[49] | etching on laid paper/print | 1927 | 8.3 in x 10.5 in (21.1 cm x 26.7 cm) or 5.8 in x 7.8 in (14.7 cm x 19.8 cm) | Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA | ||
| Vinalhaven, Maine | Online image[50] | watercolor on paper | 1927 | 15 in x 21.5 in (38.1 cm x 54.6 cm) | Scene: Vinalhaven, ME. | ||
| Dory Fisherman | Online image[51] | etching/print | c. 1927 | 7.8 in x 9.8 in (19.8 cm x 24.9 cm) | Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA | Scene: male figure at rudder of dory. | |
| Two Canoes | Online image[52] | etching on laid paper/print | c. 1927 | 9.3 in x 11.5 in (23.6 cm x 29.2 cm) or 6 in x 7.8 in (15.2 cm x 19.8 cm) | Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA | Scene: male figures in 2 canoes on quiet water. | |
| Lower Camp Pool | Online image[53] | oil on canvas | 1928 | 32 in x 40 in (81.3 cm x 101.6 cm) | Scene: view looking across wide sandy shore along river; male figure casts fishing line into water; another male figure removes supplies from canoe pulled up on shore. SIRIS Collection Number 9E290011 | ||
| A Pool on the York | Online image[54] | watercolor on paper | 1928 | 19.3 in x 24.3 in (49 cm x 61.7 cm) | Scene: 2 men are in boat on York River; one man stands with pole in water; the other sits holding fishing pole. SIRIS Collection Number 89170036 | ||
| Spear Fishing | Online image[55] | watercolor | 1928 | 24 in x 20 in (61 cm x 50.8 cm) | |||
| Hassayampa River, Arizona | watercolor on paper | 1928 | 14 in x 20.9 in (35.6 cm x 53.1 cm) | SIRIS Collection Number 8A220024 | |||
| River in Flood | Online image[56] | watercolor/graphite on board | 1928 | 21 in x 26.5 in (53.3 cm x 67.3 cm) or 18.3 in x 26 in (46.5 cm x 66 cm) | Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA | Scene: male figures with canoe on raging river. SIRIS Collection Number 20110006 | |
| Grand Rivers: Rapids | Online image[57] | transparent and opaque watercolor | 1929 | 20.1 in x 25.2 in (51.1 cm x 64 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | SIRIS Collection Number 89170042 | |
| Casting for Salmon | etching on laid paper | 1929 | 7.8 in x 10 in (19.8 cm x 25.4 cm) | ||||
| Twilight | Online image[58] | oil on canvas | 1930 | 40 in x 50 in (101.6 cm x 127 cm) | Scene: at left, male figure stands in boat on river at twilight; figure holds oar out of water; hills with trees are at right. SIRIS Collection Number 8A220002 | ||
| The Shadow | Online image[59] | oil on canvas laid down on masonite | 1930 | 27.5 in x 34.5 in (69.9 cm x 87.6 cm) | Scene: male figure standing and fishing in a canoe on river. SIRIS Collection Number 62642703 | ||
| On Grand River | c. 1930 | 36 in x 44 in (91.4 cm x 111.8 cm) | Scene: in middle of Grand River, male figure stands in rowboat, in his hands long pole which he uses to punt down river. SIRIS Collection Number 89170094 | ||||
| Dog River, Alabama | Online image[60] | watercolor on paper | 1930 | 14.5 in x 22.5 in (36.8 cm x 57.2 cm) | Scene: Dog River. | ||
| Two Gunners | Online image[61] | etching/print | 1930 | 7 in x 11.8 in (17.8 cm x 30 cm) | Scene: 2 male figures in boats in waterscape. | ||
| Dawn on the York | Online image[62] | oil on canvas laid down on masonite | 1931 | 48 in x 54 in (121.9 cm x 137.2 cm) or 40 in x 50 in (101.6 cm x 127 cm) | SIRIS Collection Number 89170052 | ||
| Lower Reservoir, Tihonet | Online image[63] | watercolor on paper | 1933 | 18.5 in x 24.4 in (47 cm x 62 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: reservoir at Tihonet seen through grove of slender trees growing along near bank. SIRIS Collection Number 20493117 | |
| Duck Hunting | Online image[64] | oil | 1935 | 20 in x 30 in (50.8 cm x 76.2 cm) | SIRIS Collection Number 89550005 | ||
| Retrieving Geese | Online image[65] | oil | 1937 | 20.3 in x 30.3 in (51.6 cm x 77 cm) | SIRIS Collection Number 63005520 | ||
| The Lobsterman | watercolor and graphite on paper | 1937 | 19 in x 25.5 in (48.3 cm x 64.8 cm) | Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, ME | Scene: lobsterman at work on the water. SIRIS Collection Number 18660433 | ||
| Sailing out with Duck Decoys | Online image[66] | watercolor | 1937 | 18.3 in x 24.5 in (46.5 cm x 62.2 cm) | Scene: waterfowl hunter heading out in small sailing boat loaded with duck decoys. | ||
| Dory Fishermen | oil on canvas | 1941 | 25 in x 30 in (63.5 cm x 76.2 cm) | Private collection | Scene: 3 figures in 2 boats at sea in foreground; sailboat in distance. Dory Fishermen is believed to be a painting of Benson, his son George and a hired man on a fishing trip. The Bensons caught, smoked and shipped large bathes of mackerel to their home in Salem, Massachusetts where they enjoyed them all winter.[67] SIRIS Collection Number 89170106 | ||
| Dory Fishermen | Online image[68] | oil on canvas | 1941 | 36 in x 30 in (91.4 cm x 76.2 cm) | Private collection | Scene: 3 figures in 2 boats at sea in foreground; sailboat in distance. | |
| Taking a Shot | Online image[69] | ink wash on paper | 12 in x 17 in (30.5 cm x 43.2 cm) | Scene: waterfowl hunters in a small boat. | |||
| Salmon Fisherman | watercolor | 20 in x 17 in (50.8 cm x 43.2 cm) | SIRIS Collection Number 89170071 | ||||
| Small Boats | Online image[70] | etching | 10 in x 15 in (25.4 cm x 38.1 cm) | Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA | |||
| After the Hunt | etching/print | 17.8 in x 30 in (45.2 cm x 76.2 cm) | |||||
| Brick Barge | Online image[71] | etching/print | 8 in x 10 in (20.3 cm x 25.4 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA; Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | |||
| The Seiner | Online image[72] | etching/print | 6.5 in x 10.8 in (16.5 cm x 27.4 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | Scene: seiner. | ||
| The Cedar Bank | Online image[73] | watercolor on paper | 13.1 in x 19.6 in (33.3 cm x 49.8 cm) | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA | SIRIS Collection Number 20492295 | ||
| Waterlillies | Online image[74] | ||||||
| An Estuary Scene | etching/print | 5.9 in x 7.9 in (15 cm x 20.1 cm) | Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY | ||||
| Moonlight | Online image[75] | etching/print | 7 in x 9 in (17.8 cm x 22.9 cm) | Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, MA | Scene: figures onboard looking out to sea. | ||
| Footbridge Boothbay | Online image[76] | watercolor on light board | 10 in x 14 in (25.4 cm x 35.6 cm) | Scene: Boothbay Harbor, ME. | |||
| Going Out | Online image[77] | ink wash | 7.8 in x 10.8 in (19.8 cm x 27.4 cm) | Scene: small boats setting out in waterscape. | |||
| River in Flood | oil | 36.1 in x 44 in (91.7 cm x 111.8 cm) | Scene: male figures with canoe on raging river. SIRIS Collection Number 89170003, 61504422 | ||||
| Restigouche at Sunset | Online image[78] | oil on canvas | 32 in x 40 in (81.3 cm x 101.6 cm) | Scene: figure standing in canoe poling on quiet river. | |||
| Duck Hunt in a Boat | Online image[79] | watercolor on paper | |||||
| Along the Shore | Online image[80] | watercolor | |||||
| Untitled | Online image[81] | oil on canvas | Scene: coastal landscape with trees and old barge on shore. | ||||
| Our Cove (Wooster Cove), North Haven, Maine | Online image[82] | watercolor on paper | 16.5 in x 20 in (41.9 cm x 50.8 cm) | Scene: coastal landscape with small boats in water. |
