Benjamin West

Benjamin West PRA (October 10, 1738 – March 11, 1820) was a British-American artist who painted famous historical scenes such as The Death of Nelson, The Death of General Wolfe, the Treaty of Paris, and Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky. Quotes My mother's kiss made me a painter. Oft repeated in later life, as quoted in the Hartford Christian Secretary, vol. 9, no. 40 (October 23, 1830), p. 160, col. 3. Elizabeth A. Thurston (ed.) Mosaics of Human Life (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1866), p. 142: "A kiss from my mother made me a painter." External links Category:1738 births Category:1820 deaths Category:Painters from the United States Category:Painters from England Category:People from Pennsylvania Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society