6/9/2023 0 Comments 92 Color Paintings of Cecilia Beaux - American Society Portra... by Jacek Michalak![]() In 1933, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt presented Beaux with the Chi Omega fraternity’s gold medal, for “the American woman who had made the greatest contribution to the culture of the world. Her reputation hit its peak during the 1930s when she received several major awards, including the Gold Medal at Exposition Universelle, Paris, in 1900 had two retrospective exhibitions and published her autobiography. Beaux’s pictures were widely exhibited in the United States, as well as in Paris and London. She moved to New York in 1898 and also built a summer house in Gloucester, Massachusetts, which became a popular stopping point for her distinguished clientele. ![]() For many years, she taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1888, after rejecting several marriage proposals, Beaux decided to devote herself to portraiture and studied in Europe for 19 months.īack in Philadelphia, Beaux painted prominent writers, politicians, and other artists. She completed her first medal-winning portrait in 1884. ![]() Beaux’s early interest in art was encouraged at home and school.īy age 18, Beaux was earning her living through commercial art, making lithographs and painting on china while studying in Philadelphia. See more ideas about american artists, artist, beau. She was a near- contemporary of American artist MARY Cassatt and also received her training in Philadelphia and France. Beaux’s father returned to France, leaving Beaux and her older sister, Aimée, to be raised by relatives. American society portraitist, in the manner of John Singer Sargent. ![]() Born to Cecilia Kent Leavitt and Jean-Adolphe Beaux, the artist’s early life was shaped by her mother’s death, just 12 days after her birth. ![]()
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