Townley Benson was born in Port Maitland, [Ontario] on April 23, 1848. He was an itinerant artist who was in and out of southern California after 1893. He painted desert landscapes around Palm Springs and genre paintings of Mexicans and other ethnic types. His works are rare. According to his family, he died in Saltillo, Mexico on July 15, 1907.

Source:Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940", Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California, 2002

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Benson sold at Auction

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Paisaje con iglesia, 1895 (oil on board 14x24.5 cm) was sold at auction on February 12, 2014 by Morton Casa de Subastas of Mexico.

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A Mexican Landscape, 1898 (oil on board 7x12 in.) was sold at auction on April 17, 2013 by Skinner of Marlborough, Massachussets.

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