Anthony Benjamin (British, 1931-2002)

Anthony Benjamin was born in 1931 in Hampshire. He studied with Fernand Leger at his Paris studio in 1951 and then at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London where he was awarded the Silver Medal for Painting in 1955. The following year in 1956, he was awarded the French Government Fellowship for painting and printing and as a result studied with Stanley William Hayter at Atelier 17.

In 1960-61 Anthony was awarded the Italian Government Fellowship and he studied in Italy. From 1961-62 he lectured and taught art at many universities and colleges including several years in North America. He was regularly invited to exhibit his graphic work at Print Biennales and throughout 1972-73 his work toured Europe in the Krakow Prizewinners Exhibition. In 1977 he received a major award from the British Arts Council.

Anthony had numerous one-man exhibitions throughout the world as well as a variety of group exhibitions and his work is in numerous public and private collections including the Tate Gallery.