madamescherzo: veareflejos: colourthysoul: Frank Weston Benson - The Hilltop William H. Gerdts, art historian, wrote of Benson’s work: “Frank Benson painted some of the most beautiful pictures ever executed by an American artist. They are images alive with reflections of youth and optimism, projecting a way of life at once innocent and idealized and yet resonant with a sense of certain, selective realities of contemporary times.” Such warmth and vitality. Sorely lacking in modern art.

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colourthysoul:

Frank Weston Benson -

The Hilltop

William H. Gerdts, art historian, wrote of Benson’s work: “Frank Benson painted some of the most beautiful pictures ever executed by an American artist. They are images alive with reflections of youth and optimism, projecting a way of life at once innocent and idealized and yet resonant with a sense of certain, selective realities of contemporary times.”

Such warmth and vitality. Sorely lacking in modern art.