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Rainey Bennett was born on 14 June, 1907 in Marion, Indiana, is an artist. Discover Rainey Bennett's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?
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Water-colorist, muralist, commercial artist, illustrator, teacher, author |
Age |
91 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
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14 June, 1907 |
Birthday |
14 June |
Birthplace |
Marion, Indiana |
Date of death |
(1998-07-26) Chicago, Illinois |
Died Place |
Chicago, Illinois |
Nationality |
United States |
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Rainey Bennett Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Rainey Bennett Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Rainey Bennett worth at the age of 91 years old? Rainey Bennett’s income source is mostly from being a successful artist. He is from United States. We have estimated
Rainey Bennett's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Bennett died on December 11, 1998, in his Lincoln Park home at the age of 91. His wife, Ann, was a professional dancer and had died in 1975. He was survived by his companion, two daughters, and a son.
In addition to his painting, Bennett also worked as a freelance book illustrator and had a longtime working relationship with Scott Foresman publishers. Every holiday season, he illustrated the daily Christmas newspaper ads for Marshall Field's. In 1960, Bennett wrote as well as illustrated his own children's book, The Secret Hiding Place, about a baby hippopotamus in search of a secret hiding place.
The art collections of Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York include some of Rainey's artwork. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC contains a watercolor, Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, 1952, as part of its permanent collection. The Art Institute of Chicago has three of Bennett's pieces in its collection.
In 1939, Bennett produced a series of 36 watercolors of Venezuela on commission of the Stanford Oil Company and Nelson Rockefeller, who purchased 24 of the paintings after a two-year traveling tour as an exhibit of the Museum of Modern Art. In 1940, the watercolors were shown at the prestigious Downtown Gallery in New York. They are currently part of the collection of the St. Louis Art Museum. Another commission from Rockefeller for paintings of other South American countries followed in 1949.
Murals were produced from 1934 to 1943 in the United States through the Section of Painting and Sculpture, later called the Section of Fine Arts, of the Treasury Department. In 1938 Bennett painted oil on canvas murals for the post offices in Dearborn, Michigan titled Ten Eyck’s Tavern on Chicago Road and Rushville, Illinois titled Hart Fellows - Builder of Rushville. In 1941, he painted an oil on canvas mural for the Naperville, Illinois post office titled, George Martin's Home Overlooking Old Naper Hill. He painted a 13 panel mural for the Neil House Hotel in Columbus, Ohio. The building was destroyed to make way for the Huntington Center and the whereabouts of the panels are unknown.
Rainey Bennett (June 14, 1907 – July 26, 1998) was an American artist, illustrator and muralist. His works have been displayed in major museum art collections.