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Benjamin Champney

Benjamin Champney (1817 - 1907) was active/lived in Massachusetts, New Hampshire.  Benjamin Champney is known for Mountain landscape, portrait and still-life paintings.

Champney (1817-1907) began as an apprentice to a lithographer in Boston.  Reportedly, the American old master Washington Allston advised Champney to study in Paris, then the young artist departed in 1841.  He must have been a success, since his landscape views of the outskirts of Paris appeared at the Salons of 1843 and 1844. In the Louvre Champney made copies of landscapes by Claude Lorrain, Joseph Vernet and Ruysdael.  He said that he fell in love with the landscapes of Diaz de la Peña, the Barbizon painter, and he also appreciated the progressive techniques of Constant Troyon: "the green tones of which were marvellously rich and juicy," while some critics called the French painter's landscapes "plates of spinach."  Often Champney would dine with his roommate John Kensett and John Casilear (1811-1893).  In addition, he met John Vanderlyn and William M. Thackeray.  When Kensett went off to London to claim an inheritance, Champney got his own studio near t   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6121 characters.]  Artist bio

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