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Volumes I, II and III: In the Alphabetical Listing of Paintings, Brigantine Friendship is an incorrect title for this painting. Its correct title is Friendship, Brigantine.
Volumes I, II and III: In the Alphabetical Listing of Paintings, Near Sunset is not the correct title for the painting. It should be called Nearing Sunset. (See note for Volume III, page 222).
Volume I, page 221: Untitled – Galleon Approaching is now named Untitled – Galleon Approaching #1.
Volume II, page 203: Untitled – Black Square Rigger #1 was painted in 1941, not 1922.
Volume II, page 213: Untitled – Discoverers, The #4 is signed “John P. Benson” (lower left).
Volume II, page 235: The date of Untitled – Sailboats Racing #2, which follows the artist’s signature, is impossible to discern clearly. The editors believe the painting was probably done some time in the 1940s.
Volume II, page 239: Untitled – Schooner Passing Whaleback Light is signed “John P. Benson” (lower left).
Volume II, page 251: Untitled – White Square Rigger #2 is signed “John P. Benson” (lower right).
Volume II, page 261: Watercolor – Untitled – Galleon Reaching Away is now correctly titled Untitled – Galleon Reaching Away #2. The medium should be changed from “Watercolor” to “Unknown.”
Volume III, page 156: Overmantel is now named Overmantel #1.
Volume III, page 184: Tea Clipper, The #5 was signed “John P. Benson” (lower left).
Volume III, page 205: Untitled – Galleon Reaching Away was painted in 1947 and signed “John P. Benson” (lower right).
Volume III, page 219: Untitled – Rocky Coast is dated 1947.
Volume III, page 222: This painting, formerly known as Untitled – Sailing into the Sunset, is now correctly titled Nearing Sunset.
Volume III, page 243: Untitled – Whaler Reaching Away is signed “John P. Benson” (lower left).
New Exhibition Information
Information about the following exhibitions has been found since the publication of Volume II of The Artistic Legacy of John Prentiss Benson in 2004. Refer to the chapter “Exhibitions of Paintings by John Prentiss Benson” for the original list.
1924 – Marblehead (Massachusetts) Arts Association – August
The first annual exhibition by this organization was reviewed by The New York Times, which commented that “it was appropriate that the first painting in the catalogue, No.1, should be a yachting scene, a large oil, small boats in soft tones, by John P. Benson.”
1931 – Addison Gallery, North Andover, Massachusetts
John Benson noted that Trading Schooner was listed as being for sale at “”$500 gross.”
1936 – Portland, Maine, Society of Art
John Benson’s The Discoverers was “given the place of honor in the annual spring show” at this Portland exhibit, according to The Kittery Press of March 20, 1936.
1937 – Community House, Kittery Point, Maine – July
Works by John Benson and Russell Cheney, both residents of Kittery, were exhibited during a house tour in Kittery to benefit the local Girl Scout Council.
2006 – Maine Maritime Museum, Bath, Maine – June 7 to October 9
26 oils, two etchings and one watercolor were exhibited. This one-man show of primarily Maine-based paintings was augmented with various memorabilia from the John Benson Archives.
Errata:
Volume III, page 38: Wing and Wing should not have been shown in bold face type.
Volume III, page 65: “Oil/Plywood” should have had a capital “P.”
Volume III, page 70: On the third line The Whalers should have been shown in italics.
Volume III, page 197: “Decatur” is the correct spelling of the victorious commander’s name. In the fifth line of the “Of interest” paragraph, the name is incorrectly spelled the second time it appears.
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