Peter Paul Benazech (c. 1730 - 1783) was a British painter and engraver. He was born in England, but his date of birth is disputed in biographies. It must have been about 1730, given that he became an apprentice to the French landscape engraver François Vivarès (1709 - 1780) in 1746. Later, he and Vivarès partnered and produced work in both London and Paris. His son, Charles Benazech (1767 - 1794), was also a historical artist. Benazech worked with drypoint, etching, and burin. He was primarily an interpreter, specializing in the reproduction of landscapes by masters of the previous century and the Rococo period, but also contemporary maps and topographies. However, his work also included genre scenes and ancient ruins of his own invention, inspired by Rome. His name, Benazech, suggests family origins in the Tarn region of France.
