Benson, Eugene
artist, author, was born in 1837 in Hyde Park, N. Y. He established his studio in Florence in 1871, and removed to Rome in 1883. Among the better known of his pictures are Cloud Towers; Strayed Maskers; Bazaar at Cairo; Study of Girl in Blue; Art and Love; Afternoon on the Lagoon; and Ariadne. Mr. Benson has been a frequent contributor to periodicals, and has published two books entitled Gaspara Stampa; the Story of Her Life, and Art and Nature in Italy.