Cecilia Beaux

Cecilia Beaux (1855–-September 7, 1942) was an American society portraitist, in the nature of John Singer Sargent. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she received the bulk of her art training at the Academie Julien in Paris. During her time in Paris she studied under painters Tony Robert-Fleury and William-Adolphe Bouguereau.

Georges Clemenceau by Cecilia Beaux (1920)In 1890 she exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Returning to Philadelphia, Miss Beaux obtained in 1893 the gold medal of the Philadelphia Art Club, and also the Dodge prize at the New York National Academy, and later various other distinctions. She became a member of the National Academy of Design, New York, in 1902. Among her portraits are those of Georges Clemenceau ; Edith Roosevelt and her daughter; and Admiral Sir David Beatty. Her Dorothea and Francesca, and Ernesta and her Little Brother, are good examples of her skill in painting children.

The paintings are the excellent portrayal of the events and scenes that we see around us. The painters are the best cameras of the world. They reproduce many different types of pictures. They even draw imaginary pictures that do not exist in this world. We tend to use both thinned oil paints and dense oil paints. Masterpieces can be dyed more than once, but each time it may be different from the existing paintings.h

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