Frank Moss Bennett

Biography

Frank Moss Bennett was a London painter of portraits, genre and historical subjects in both oil and watercolour as well as being an illustrator.

Bennett was born in Liverpool and studied at St. John’s Wood School of Art, The Slade School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools of Art where he won a gold medal and a travelling scholarship.

He exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1898 and 1928, titles included “A Book Plate” in 1898, “The Greek Runner Falling Dead as he goes to Receive his Crown at Olympia” 1900 and “Gay Birds” in 1903. Bennett also exhibited at the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and at the Paris Salon.

Bennett was best known for his Elizabethan subjects, many of which became well known through calendars and other forms of popular reproduction.