Benjamin F Long Iv

Reared in a family of Artists and Writers Long had a very culturally rich childhood which influenced him to follow the same pursuit. After University where he studied writing with Reynolds Price he moved to New York in order to begin his studies with the master drawing instructor Robert Beverly Hale and Frank Mason. In 1966 Long preempted the draft by enlisting in the US Marine Corp. He served two tours of duty as a Marine Combat Officer. During his last four months, he served as head of the Combat Art Team. After his Military Service, he continued his studies by serving an apprenticeship with a Master Painter and Fresco Artist, Pietro Annigoni. For 9 Years he studied painting and the difficult art of True Fresco.

1971 - 1979 Studio Annigoni
Florence, Italy Apprentice under Pietro Annigoni.

1966 - 1967 Art Students League
New York, NY Studied under Frank Mason

1963 - 1966 University of NC, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

2021 Blowing Rock Museum Blowing Rock NC
2019 Gibbes Museum, Charleston SC
2010 Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
2005 Gibbs Museum un | spoken [SPACES]: Inside and Outside the Boundaries of Class, Race and Space
1995 Ogelthorpe Museum, Atlanta, Georgia
1994 Hickory Museum, Hickory, North Carolina
1982-1991 Pittore del Falterona, Catagno, Italy
1975-1991 Royal Portrait Society, London, England
1989-1990 American Realism Abroad; Travelling Exhibition: Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville,
Maine, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown Ohio, Wichita Kansas
1987 Wunderlich & Co New York, New York
1985 Lewis Weiller Competition: Paris, France, Meredith College Art Gallery Raleigh, North Carolina,;
Roaring Gap exhibition, Roaring Gap North Carolina
1983 Galerie Robinson, Paris, France
1978 Chimera Gallery, San Francisco, California
1977 Saletta Gonnelli, Florence, Italy