The New International Encyclopædia/Clinedinst, Benjamin West

CLINEDINST, Benjamin West (1860—). An American illustrator, born at Woodstock, Va. He studied at the Virginia Military Institute (Lexington), and became known as an artist for periodicals and books. In oils and water-colors he has executed several portraits and genre pictures. He was awarded the Evans Prize of the American Water-Color Society in 1900.