Benjamin West

E66379

Benjamin West was an 18th–19th century Anglo-American painter renowned for his historical and religious works and for helping shape the development of Neoclassical art in Britain.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Benjamin West

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Benjamin West (Benjamin West was an 18th–19th century Anglo-American painter renowned for his historical and religious works and for helping shape the development of Neoclassical art in Britain.)

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neoclassical artist ⓘ
history painter ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeIn 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
birthDate 1738-10-10 ⓘ
birthPlace British America ⓘ
Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
Springfield, Pennsylvania ⓘ
citizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
deathDate 1820-03-11 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
educatedIn Italy ⓘ
employer British royal court ⓘ
field painting ⓘ
genre history painting ⓘ
religious painting ⓘ
influenced Neoclassical art in Britain ⓘ
historical painting in Britain ⓘ
knownFor Penn's Treaty with the Indians ⓘ
The Apotheosis of Nelson ⓘ
The Battle of La Hogue ⓘ
The Death of General Wolfe ⓘ
The Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ
historical paintings ⓘ
religious paintings ⓘ
memberOf Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
movement Neoclassicism ⓘ
name Benjamin West ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
British ⓘ
notableWork Penn's Treaty with the Indians ⓘ
The Death of General Wolfe ⓘ
The Death on the Pale Horse ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
patron King George III ⓘ
position Historical Painter to the King ⓘ
President of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
precededBy Sir Joshua Reynolds as President of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
linked to: Joshua Reynolds
religion Quaker background ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
spouse Elizabeth Shewell ⓘ
student Charles Willson Peale ⓘ
Gilbert Stuart ⓘ
Henry Fuseli ⓘ
John Singleton Copley ⓘ
John Trumbull ⓘ
Washington Allston ⓘ
succeededBy Sir Thomas Lawrence as President of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
termEnd as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1820 ⓘ
termStart as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1792 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Neoclassicism → majorFigure → Benjamin West ⓘ
Gilbert Stuart → studiedUnder → Benjamin West ⓘ
Benjamin West → name → Benjamin West ⓘ
The Death of General Wolfe → creator → Benjamin West ⓘ
Charles Willson Peale → educatedBy → Benjamin West ⓘ
The Death on the Pale Horse → creator → Benjamin West ⓘ
The Apotheosis of Nelson → creator → Benjamin West ⓘ
Sir Thomas Lawrence as President of the Royal Academy of Arts → precededBy → Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
linked to: Benjamin West
John Trumbull → studiedUnder → Benjamin West ⓘ
Elizabeth Shewell → spouse → Benjamin West ⓘ
Elizabeth Shewell → associatedWith → Benjamin West ⓘ
Grand Manner → hasKeyFigure → Benjamin West ⓘ