Frank Weston Benson (1862-1951) was a successful and critically acclaimed artist. Benson is considered a master of American Impressionism and of three media--oil, watercolor, and etching. He studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) in Boston, and the Académie Julian in Paris. He served as a trustee of the Peabody Museum of Salem.<br><br>The Phillips Library holds a collection of Benson's papers, which includes his personal and business papers, as well as family papers that document Benson's career as an artist and the two glass plate negatives included in this digital collection. The finding aid for the papers can be viewed <a target="_blank" href="https://pem.as.atlas-sys.com/repositories/2/resources/309">here</a>.