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Benjamin West

Head of a Screaming Man (recto)

1792
black crayon

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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

American painter Benjamin West was born into poverty, the youngest of ten children, and rose to become the first American artist to train in Italy after gaining funding from wealthy patrons in Philadelphia.

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