This beautiful, gold-foil stamped, hard-covered copy of The Artistic Legacy of John Prentiss Benson–Volume III, measuring 9" x 6", contains 360 pages. The publication of this book concludes the three-volume catalogue raisonne of the life and work of John Benson begun in 2002.

A highlight of this volume is a chapter on John Benson’s career as an architect, beginning with his sojourn in Paris in 1888 to study at an atelier and at L’Ecole des Beaux-Arts. The chapter attempts to place Mr. Benson in an historical context, the remarkable “Gilded Age,” as it came to be known in American social history.

Other features include:

An updated and expanded listing of paintings by John Benson arranged both alphabetically and chronologically by date.

A center section in full color showing 80 paintings.

Several appendices including the always-helpful Frequently Asked Questions.