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Benjamin Franklin Reinhart (1829 – May 3, 1885) was an American

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born near

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, known for his

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, and

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Biography

Reinhart studied at the

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from 1847 to 1850, spending his summers in

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. He studied art abroad in

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and

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for three years (1850 to 1853), traveling throughout the

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upon his return producing historical paintings and portraits. From 1859 to 1861 he worked in

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, and then spent his time in

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, during the

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where he became known for his genre and religious paintings. In the late 1860s he returned to the United States where he lived in

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, spending the following decade living in

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where he held several exhibits at The National Academy, of which he was an elected member since 1871. He died in

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, in 1885. Reinhart was also the uncle of artist Charles Stanley Reinhart.Haverstock, et al.

Gallery

File:Benjamin Franklin Reinhart - Joseph Eggleston Johnston - Google Art Project.jpg, Portrait of

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(c. 1860 - 1861), oil. File:Angel Mother (BF Reinhart - 1873).jpg, Angel Mother (1873), engraving. File:American painters- with eighty-three examples of their work engraved on wood (1879) (14768257384).jpg, Portrait of Katrina Van Tassel (1879), wood engraving.

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19th-century American painters American male painters People from Greene County, Pennsylvania 1829 births 1885 deaths National Academy of Design alumni National Academy of Design associates 19th-century American male artists {{US-painter-1820s-stub