tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post5899946787682729854..comments2024-03-28T15:08:55.350-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: Cecilia Beaux, Portrait ArtistDonald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-13779373238398711252013-11-12T06:41:18.233-08:002013-11-12T06:41:18.233-08:00David -- Good as internet or book images have beco...David -- Good as internet or book images have become in recent years, they never quite tell the whole story, as you mentioned.<br /><br />That makes doing my blog chancy, because I seldom see paintings by obscure artists in the original, and sometimes I get their merit wrong. An example is Ramon Casas' "Before Bathing" (1895) that looked great in reproduction, but not quite so good when I finally tracked it down at the Museo de Montserrat, outside Barcelona.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-82256646551088240832013-11-11T17:47:21.417-08:002013-11-11T17:47:21.417-08:00That painting of the Man With Cat is located in Wa...That painting of the Man With Cat is located in Washington and in person it is a real stunner. If I hadn't seen the original, I would have questioned Beaux's stature in the era on Sargent, but that one painting is enough to make me agree with you that she was "one of America's best portrait artists." David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.com