NEW BRONZES IN THE GEORGE G. BOOTH LOAN COLLECTION

Few of our contemporary American painters have been more honored in recent years than Mr. Benson. After studying in Paris under Boulanger and Lefebvre, he returned to this country and has devoted himself to the subjects of his native land. If America has a national manifestation in painting, it has been furthered by such painters as Benson. He was made an associate of the National Academy in 1897 and a National Academician in 1905. He is a member of The Ten American Painters; National Institute of Arts and Letters and numbers among his awards the following: Third Hallengarten Prize, National Academy, 1889; Clarke Prize, National Academy, 1891; Columbian Exposition Medal, Chicago, 1893; Society of American Artists, N. Y., 1896; Silver Medal, Paris Exposition, 1900; Silver Medal Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901 ; Lippincott Prize, Pennsylvania Academy, 1903; two Gold Medals, St. Louis Exposition, 1904; Proctor Prize, National Academy, 1906; Gold Medal Pennsylvania Academy, 1908. Nearly all of the American Museums number one of Benson's pictures among their permanent collections.