Benjamin Champney (November 20, 1817[1] – December 11, 1907) was a painter known for his role in White Mountain art of the 19th century.

He began his training as a lithographer under celebrated marine artist Fitz Henry Lane at Pendleton's Lithography shop in Boston.

On August 4, 1888, The White Mountain Echo reported: "Champney's studio is as much visited as ever this summer, and there are many new pictures to see.

Of the landscapes, there is a view from the new carriage road up Humphrey's Ledge that is beautiful, and another a scene in Crawford Notch, and still another, a picture of Mount Chocorua from Tamworth; there are some lovely new flower pieces ...

But perhaps the very prettiest is the old-fashioned pitcher in the kitchen window ..." In 1900, he published an autobiography, Sixty Years' Memories of Art and Artists.