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S. Patricia Benson | |
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Born | Sarah Patricia McMahon July 27, 1941 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [1] |
Died | July 6, 2024, 82 years Alfred, Maine |
Alma mater | Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking, Michigan State University Master in Fine Arts in Printmaking Florida State University |
Known for | Printmaking |
Notable work | Our Brother’s Keeper: The Indian in White America (1969), Vulture II (1968) |
Style | Printmaking |
Children | Sarah Benson Waters, Erin Peck Yarema |
Parent(s) | Thomas Edward McMahon III and Sarah Adelaide Shute McMahon |
S. Patricia "Patty" Benson (1941–2024) was an American artist, known for printmaking.
Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, [1] the Brooklyn Museum, [2] the Cincinnati Art Museum [3] and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. [4]
Benson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 27, 1941. [5] She was raised in Pawnee Mission, Kansas, and later moved to Greenwich, Connecticut for high school.
She later received a bachelor of arts degree in Printmaking from Michigan State University and went to pursue a Masters in Fine Arts in Printmaking at Florida State University. [6]
Benson later went on be an art educator, teaching fine arts at a number of institutions, among them, Florida State University, University of Florida, Sonoma State College, San Francisco Art Institute, Portland School of Art and the University of Southern Maine. [6] She spent her later life in Alfred, Maine, and retired from the University of Southern Maine after forty years of tenure. [7]
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