Benjamin Champney (1817 – 1907): Pioneer of White Mountain Art Benjamin Champney, born January 1800 in Bridgeton, New Jersey to Dr. Benjamin Champneys and Sarah Potter, stands as a cornerstone figure in the history of American landscape painting—specifically, the vibrant artistic movement known as White Mountain art. His formative years were marked by a relocation to Lebanon, NH due to his father’s untimely death, where he received an education rooted in classical learning and honed his artistic skills under the tutelage of Fitz Henry Lane at Pendleton's Lithography shop in Boston. This earl…