Biography from Stillwell House Antiques:
|  Joseph Hastings Bennett (1889 - 1969) was a painter, etcher, and printmaker. He was born in San Diego, California on March 27, 1889. In his early years Bennett moved to Northern California where he spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay area. He got his start in Etchings in 1932.
In 1937 he turned his hands to oils. He was a student of Emile Albert Gruppe (1896-1978), Armin Carl Hansen (1886 - 1957), and Arthur Hill Gilbert. The influence of his teachers is evident in all his works.
He mainly painted seascapes, landscapes, and cowboy genre or Plein Air scenes of Carmel by the Sea and the foothills near Monterey.
He exhibited in many famous art shows and galleries including the San Francisco Museum of Art , the Los Angeles Museum, the Oakland Art Gallery, the Bohemian Club, Grand Central Galleries in New York City, and many other fine art galleries of the day.
He died in Orinda, CA on Sept. 11, 1969, fittingly with a Seascape on his easel.
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Biography from Crocker Art Museum Store:
| Etcher, painter, printmaker. Born in San Diego, CA on March 27, 1889. Bennett spent most of his life in the San Francisco Bay area where he was a pupil of Armin Hansen and Arthur Hill Gilbert. The influence of his teachers is seen in his coastals, landscapes, and cowboy genre. He died in Orinda, CA on on Sept. 11, 1969.
Member: SWA; Calif. PM Society; Calif. Society of Etchers; Walnut Creek AA; Carmel AA.
Exh:
Oakland Art Gallery, 1933-39; Paul Elder Gallery (SF), 1933; Bay Region AA, 1935; Calif. PM Society, 1935, 1936; GGIE, 1939; SWA, 1959 (1st prize).
In: Library of Congress Print Collection.
lnvw; WWAA 1936-41; CSL.
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Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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