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Nathaniel G. Benchley (1915-1981) was a highly-respected and prolific American author. He wrote novels, plays, short stories, reviews, movie scripts, and biographies, including one about his close friend Humphrey Bogart. Benchley was born in Newton, Massachusetts, the son of of Algonquin Round Table founder, Robert Benchley. Nathaniel Benchley's 1962 novel The Off-Islanders was made into the popular motion picture The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming for which he received the nomination for an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay.
His elder son, Peter Benchley (1940-2006), also became a writer best known for the book and screenplay for the 1975 film, Jaws. His younger son, Nat Benchley, a writer and actor maintains a web site and blog containing family reminiscences and friends' perspectives.
Much of his material was drawn from his life in New York and Nantucket, MA, where his family had a summer home. The oil painting shown above is typical of his talents at capturing and conveying the character of specific locales. Although Benchley was a prolific author, his paintings are rare, as most are now held in private collections. This one is now available for bid.
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