Cecilia Beaux

Cecilia Beaux, an American artist, was renowned for her elegant Gilded Age portraits and was the first woman to teach art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.

ABOUT

Born Eliza Cecilia Beaux in Philadelphia in 1855, Cecilia Beaux overcame early family challenges to become one of America's most celebrated portrait painters. Her mother died shortly after her birth, and her French father returned to France, leaving Cecilia and her sister to be raised by their maternal grandmother and aunts. This supportive, if pragmatic, upbringing instilled in Beaux a strong work ethic and a commitment to seeing tasks through to completion. Early in her ca…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Algernon Sydney Biddle. 1875 · University of Pennsylvania Les derniers jours d' enfance 1883 · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Henry Howard Houston Jr. 1885 · University of Pennsylvania Portrait of George Burnham 1887 · Philadelphia Museum of Art Breton Girl 1888 · Fogg Museum Landscape with Farm Building, Concarneau, France 1888 · Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Tony Robert-FleuryAcademic Art William-Adolphe BouguereauAcademic Art Édouard ManetImpressionism Edgar DegasImpressionism