Word: wildfowler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...began etching, and won enough medals to satisfy a grand vizier. He was one of "The Ten Americans" who made artistic history a decade or more ago; his paintings as well as his prints are in many museums. His etchings indicate his favorite pastime ?hunting and sketching wildfowl in lonely marshes. They bring higher prices than those of any living U. S. artist. A recent exhibition catalog, stating the prices of other etchers' works, tactfully omitted mention of Benson's prices, but the initial offer must be $150 or better...