Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was one of America's finest portrait artists. Her Wikipedia entry is
here, and I wrote about her
here. That was several years ago, so I think it's time to feature more of her portrait work. Enjoy!
Gallery
Ethel Page (Mrs. James Large) - 1884
Ethel Page as Undine - 1885
Ethel Page - pastel - 1890
The three images above are of the same subject from a prominent Philadelphia family.
Mrs Clement B Newbold (Mary Scott) - 1896
The Dreamer - 1894
Mrs. Larz Anderson - 1901
Ernesta
Another image of Ernesta can be seen in the above link to my previous post about Beaux.
Sita and Sarita (Portrait of Sarah Allibone Leavitt) - 1893-94
Of course I can't resist including what is perhaps her best-known painting. You might find it on display at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
I enjoyed a magnificent show of her portraits twenty-five years ago at the Smithsonian American Art Museum--time in those galleries left me thinking that she was the equal, or very nearly so, of Sargent. I'm afraid those straightforward artist-oriented exhibitions are old hat now!
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