I Miss Benny’s

Famous for low prices




Double Matted Art print of the Greenville Benny’s department store’s which was one of the 32 stores located in southern New England originally from a watercolor painting by William B. MacGregor Jr.

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Benny’s store is a regional institution in the Southern New England area. The first store was in 1924, when Benjamin Bromberg opened his first store in Providence, RI and sold auto parts and radios. Benny’s has been around for 90 years and expanded to 32 stores in RI, MA and CT. Whenever you entered the store the customer was greeted, given assistance, help with the shopping cart and special orders. Unfortunally the stores are closing by the end of 2017 and I will miss by daily trips to Benny’s. Good By Benny’s.





  • Benny’s Department Store ( The Benny’s store in my watercolor painting is the Greenville RI store. It was the final Benny’s store to stay open but it sadly closed on December 11, 2017.

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Art Print

       Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent.

       Mounted in a beveled double mat.

       Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 8”x10” or 11”x14” frame.

       Mat will be signed by the artist.

       Note: Mat size is the outside dimension.
…..Will fit into a standard frame that can be purchased at
your local craft/department store.
…..No need for custom framing!
…..The image/print size is smaller than the size of the mat.


Magnet

  • Magnet is approximately 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” in size.

  • Acrylic Plastic Refrigerator Magnet.


Original Painting Available Please inquire

  • Please inquire about the painting and it’s image size etc.

  • Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting





William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors the Junkyard Artist

William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son and grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self-taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics and veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, and Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military and aerospace companies in industrial engineering and IR optics. His painting incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting tools and he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics and inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships and aircraft carriers on nautical charts. In May,2018, and for one year, four of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA

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