Education
University College London.
University College London.
He went to Saint Clement Danes School. Later he was awarded the University of London postgraduateship in 1960-1961, and then a Boise scholarship in 1961-1962. He was a visiting lecturer at the Camberwell School of Art from 1963 to 1989.
From 1980 to 1995 he was visiting tutor at the Royal Academy Schools, and he was also Visiting Tutor at City & Guilds of London Art School from 1990 to 1995.
He was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1975 and a royal academician in 1986. He served as curator of the Royal Academy schools between 1995 and 1998.
Ben Levene died on 15 September 2010. The following public collections contain works by Ben Levene:
Chantrey Bequest
Government Art Collection
Guildhall Art Gallery
Hull Education Centre
Leicestershire Education Committee
Paintings in Hospitals, Nuffield Collection
Rochdale Museum, SIV Fund Purchase
Southampton Art Gallery, Stott Collection.