Carroll Beckwith, American Painter

James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917), as noted here, studied under Carolus Duran "who in 1877 selected Beckwith and John Singer Sargent to help him with a mural for the Palais du Luxembourg."

So he had talent.  However, he was not a John Singer Sargent -- but few others were at that high level.

Nevertheless, he seems to have had a successful career, despite being mostly forgotten today.   Perhaps one reason for that was because he did not leave famous paintings.  Not even one.

Unfortunately, not all the paintings in the Gallery are dated.

Gallery

Normandy Girl - 1883

Mark Twain - 1890

Grandmother's Love Letters - c.1895

Nita - 1897

Self-Portrait - 1898

Evelyn Nesbit - 1901
She was a participant in one of America's most famous scandals: her Wikipedia entry describes it.  Beckwith also made a half-nude portrait of her around the same time as this was painted.

Marguerite

The Authoress

The Terrace

Cathedral at Le Puy
An example of his langscape work.