George Courtney Benson

George Courtney Benson was an Australian painter and cartoonist (1886–1960). He was born at Melbourne and died at Perth.

George Courtney Benson in brief

Born
1886
Died
1960
Known for
painter and cartoonist
Place of birth
Melbourne
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Catalogued works

6 works under this name are catalogued by The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1906 to 1929.

Rainy Day, dated 1906, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1910.314. Cloudy Dawn, dated 1922, etching on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1924.34. Hovering Geese, dated n.d., aquatint on paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1924.36. White Heron in a Pool in a Garden, dated c. 1929, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 16.1993. Little Bluebills, dated 1922, drypoint on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1924.33. The Start, dated 1922, etching on cream laid paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1924.32.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Benson, George, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Benson, George (jazz), Oxford Music Online, 2003. Benson, George, African American Studies Center, 2013. Benson, George, D.D. (1699–1762), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Benson, Percy George Reginald, (1872–22 Sept. 1961), Who Was Who, 2007.

Evidence base

This article draws on 2 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 2 means 2 genuinely separate publishers of record. 24 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1886George Courtney Benson born at Melbourne.
  2. 1906Rainy Day (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 1922Cloudy Dawn (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  4. 1922Little Bluebills (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  5. 1922The Start (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  6. 1929White Heron in a Pool in a Garden (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  7. 1960George Courtney Benson died at Perth.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Benson, George (jazz), Oxford Music Online, 2003

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Benson, George, African American Studies Center, 2013

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Benson, George, D.D. (1699–1762), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Benson, George, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Benson, Percy George Reginald, (1872–22 Sept. 1961), Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with George Courtney Benson.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  7. 7.

    “George Courtney Benson”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  8. 8.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q5538160: George Courtney Benson

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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