Cecilia beaux biography
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Cecilia beaux biography
Cecilia Beaux
American painter (1855–1942)
Cecilia Beaux | |
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Beaux, c. 1888 | |
| Born | Eliza Cecilia Beaux (1855-05-01)May 1, 1855 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | September 17, 1942(1942-09-17) (aged 87) Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Francis Adolf Van der Wielen, Académie Julian, Académie Colarossi |
| Known for | Portrait painting |
| Movement | Impressionism |
| Awards | Mary Smith Prize, PAFA (1885, 1887, 1891, 1892) First Prize, Carnegie Institute (1899) Temple Gold Medal, PAFA (1900) Gold Medal, Exposition Universelle (1900) |
Eliza Cecilia Beaux (May 1, 1855 – September 17, 1942) was an American artist and the first woman to teach art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Known for her elegant and sensitive portraits of friends, relatives, and Gilded Age patrons, Beaux painted many famous subjects including First Lady Edith Roosevelt, Admiral Sir David Beatty and Georges Clemenceau.
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