Benjamin West Clinedinst (October 14, 1859 – September 12, 1931) was an American book illustrator and portrait painter.

The New International Encyclopedia considered that his "sympathetic collaboration" with the authors of the books he illustrated gave his works "a special charm".

[1] He exhibited two works – The Water Colorist and Monsieur's Mail – at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

Clinedinst painted a mural of Virginia Military Institute cadets at the 1864 Battle of New Market.

[6] Past winners include William H. Bailey, Will Barnet, Stanley Bleifeld, Paul Bransom, Paul Cadmus, Lois Dodd, Jane Freilicher, Robert Beverly Hale, Paul Jenkins, Morton Kaish, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Robert Kipniss, Knox Martin, Louise Nevelson, Pat Oliphant, Philip Pearlstein, and Norman Rockwell.