Son Publications are proud to announce the first ever book written on the artist Frank Moss Bennett.

NOTES FROM THE AUTHOR:
If you has asked me prior to the year 2000 who was Frank Moss Bennett, I would not have given you an answer, in all probability I might of said "Frank who?"

It was January 2000 at a local antiques fair at Potters Bar, Hertfordshire that my husband and I purchased our first Bennett print. We bought it because my husband said he liked it (a very good reason to buy art or antiques). We arrived home and I had a really good look at the print, it was dated and signed F. M. Bennett. Not knowing the artist I decided to look him up. From the print I could tell that he was a Victorian genre artist, but what really attracted me was the quality of the artwork, it was so beautifully painted and he had a well focused eye for detail.

Before I had chance to gather any more information we had purchased second print and so our passion for Frank Moss Bennett had started. I hope that as you read my book you will also discover more about this great artist and learn of his life and the times he lived in. Frank Moss Bennett's original paintings are now fetching considerable amounts of money at the auctions and are becoming very collectable. For those of us whose pockets will not accommodate these large sums, the beautiful prints of his works can still be found at reasonable prices.

He should not be forgotten and if I can keep his wonderful talent alive I will do so.

The following two pages are extracts from the book (just to whet your appetite to purchase a copy). The book also contains a very comprehensive catalogue of Frank Moss Bennett's Paintings.

Maureen Elizabeth Son

Page 19 Chapter Two - The Genre Paintings
Page 65 Chapter Seven - The Commercial Works