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Franklin Bennett

Franklin Bennett (1908 - 2005) was active/lived in California, New York.  Franklin Bennett is known for Landscape painting, etching.

Biography provided by Southold Historical Society,Southold, NY:

Landscape painter, sculptor, and etcher, he was born George Franklin Bennett Jr. in Greenport, Long Island, New York on January 5, 1908.  Bennett traveled to California and was a resident of Oakland in the late 1930s, where he lived and worked for several years.  Later, he returned to his hometown, and maintained a studio called Driftwood Manor (1939).  After World War II, he once again returned to Long Island and  lived the remainder of his days among family and friends in East Marion, New York.

Among his family and friends he was known as Jud.

Bennett died  in 2005 in Greenport.

Studied:  Art Students League, New York; Whitney M. Hubbard; Pratt Institute, New York

Exhibited:
New Haven Paint & Clay Club, CT, 1925 (with William S. Davis & Whitney Hubbard); Society of Independent Artists, NY, 1926; Holt Galleries, NY, Spring 1928; The City Club, NY

Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"


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Facts about Franklin Bennett

   Publications  Book References:  10
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10 Book References for Franklin Bennett
Year Author Title Pages Color
2010 Terry Wallace Helen M. Kroeger & Otto J. Kurth The Anchorage Studio and Peconic Bay Impressionism 130 Yes
2008 Fleming, Geoffrey K. and Sara Evans (Southold Historical Society) A Shared Aesthetic: Artists of Long Island's North Fork 250 Yes
2006 Wallace, Terry Caroline M. Bell and the Peconic Bay Impressionists 188 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
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