Cecilia Beaux

Cecilia Beaux , 1855-1942, American figure and portrait painter, b. Philadelphia. She studied in Philadelphia under William Sartain (see under Sartain, John ) and Thomas Eakins , in Paris in the Julian and Lazar schools. A skilled technician, she won many honors through her long career. She painted a number of wealthy patrons and celebrities, among them Henry James, Clemenceau, and Cardinal Mercier. Well-known paintings include The Dancing Lesson (Art Inst., Chicago), Sita and Sarita (Corcoran Gall.), Portrait of Mrs. Dupont (Mus. of Fine Arts, Boston), and self-portrait (Uffizi).

Bibliography: See her autobiography, Background with Figures (1930).

Beaux, Cecilia (b Philadelphia, 1 May 1855; d Gloucester, Mass., 17 Sept. 1942). American painter, active mainly in Philadelphia and New York. Her training included a period in Paris, where she studied at the Académie Julian. She was a highly successful and much honoured society portraitist, working in a dashing and fluid style similar to that of Sargent. Her sitters included celebrities such as Henry James and Theodore Roosevelt. She wrote an autobiography, Background with Figures, published in 1930.

Beaux, Cecilia (1855–1942). American painter, active mainly in her native Philadelphia and in New York. Her training included a period in Paris, where she studied at the Académie Julian. She was a highly successful and much-honoured society portraitist, working in a dashing and fluid style similar to that of Sargent. Her sitters included celebrities such as Henry James and Theodore Roosevelt. She wrote an autobiography, Background with Figures, published in 1930.