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BENJAMIN WEST

Benjamin West was an American-born English painter. He was born in 1738 at Pennsylvania and died in 1820. He went to Italy in 1760 and settled in England in 1763. He was one of the most famous painters of the day. He was one of the founders of the Royal Academy and was its president from 1792 to 1802 and from 1803 to 1815. He painted many famous religious pieces and 'The Death of Wolfe' and 'The Treaty of Penn'.
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