Ben Turner (1912 - 1966)
Ben Turner
Nicolai Fechin Art for sale. Charcoals, Drawings, Paintings at Parsons in Taos
Ben Turner (1912 - 1966)
by Robert Parsons
and Ashley Rolshoven
Ben Turner studied under the great Taos Master Ernest Blumenschein.
Ben Turner, whose ancestor was the painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), was born in 1912 in Gallup, New Mexico.
He demonstrated artistic talent as a youth and went on to study at the University of New Mexico and the Art Institute of Chicago.
His works included the comics "Jerry n Jake" which were featured in more than 48 southwestern newspapers.
He worked as a staff artist for the Air Corps in World War II
and his depictions of the battles in Bari, Italy and the Ploesti Fields of Romania
were shown in Life and Look magazines, where he was a featured artist.
He studied in Taos under Eanger Couse, Ernest Blumenschein, Victor Higgins and Joseph Henry Sharp.
He created many beautiful peaceful oil paint landscapes depicting aspens, cottonwoods and adobes.
He worked from his studios in Santa Fe and Taos, New Mexico; Redstone, Colorado; and Mazatlan, Mexico.
He died at Mazatlan on February 3, 1966.
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Ben Turner (1912 - 1966) Highest Auction Prices
"Untitled Landscape" Price: $12,870
"Untitled" Price: $11,730
"Mountain Lake, New Mexico" Price: $9,000
"Untitled" Price: $8,740
"Flowers" Price: $7,800
"Mountain Aspens" Price: $7,500
"New Mexico Mountains" Price: $7,475
"Taos Village" Price: $6,720
"Fall cottonwood tree and adobe dwelling in the southwest US with mountains in background" Price: $6,500
"New Mexico Landscape with Lake in Foreground" Price: $6,325
Fine Art prices have risen steadily. Please contact the Gallery for the latest prices and current inventory.
Parsons does not offer Ben Turner reproductions, because no reproduction can compare to the real paintings.
Parsons invites you to visit the Galleries to experience the unmatched beauty of the real art.
Ben Turner Museum Collections and Exhibitions include:
Museum of Fine Arts-Santa Fe
Fine Art Gallery at the University of New Mexico
Library of Congress
New Mexico State Fair in Albuquerque
Museum of the Southwest in Midland, Texas
The Hearst Art Gallery
Ben Turner paintings include:
“Cows and Mesas”
“Pojaque, New Mexico”
“Fall Cottonwood, New Mexico”
“September Color”
“Winter Adobe”
"Aspen Mountain Stream" Oil on Canvas 26" x 34"
"Adobe and Cottonwood" Oil on Canvas Board circa 1930 10" x 14"
"Coming Home" Oil on Canvas 26" x 36"
"Fall Harvest" Oil on Canvas circa 1940 18" x 22"
"New Mexico Hacienda" Oil on Canvas 26" x 36"
"New Mexico Morada" Oil on Canvas Panel Circa 1920-30 14" x 17"
"Santa Fe Winter" Oil on Canvas circa 1940 16" x 22"
"Taos Trees" Oil on Canvas circa1950s 22" x 30"
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