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BorninPhiladelphiain1855,CeciliaBeauxwasanimportantfemaleartistofthelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturies.Knownprimarilyforherportraitpaintings,Beauxachievedconsiderablefameduringherlifetime.HerworkshanginsomeoftheworldsmostprestigiousmuseumssuchastheMuseedOrsayandtheUffiziGallery.

TheyoungestdaughterofJeanAdolpheBeaux,Cecilialosthermother,CeciliaKentLeavitt,asaninfanthermotherdiedfrompuerperalfeverwhenCeciliawastwelvedaysold.HerfatherreturnedtoFranceandCeciliaandhersisterwereraisedbytheirmaternalgrandmotherandaunts.MostoftheirtimewasspentinPhiladelphia.Beauxbeganartlessonswitharelativewhenshewassixteen.Twoyearslatersheobtainedapostasadrawingteacher.In1863,shehadaworkpublishedinSt.NicholasMagazineafterabrushwithlithographylessons.

In1876,BeauxbeganstudyingatthePennsylvaniaAcademyofFineArts.Withinthenextdecade,Beauxbegantoreceiveseriouscommissionsforherwork.Herpainting,LesDerniersJoursdEnfance,wasawardedaprizeforthebestworkpaintedbyafemaleartistandthepaintingwassubsequentlyshownattheParisSalon.AlthoughBeauxbecameacelebratedartistinPhiladelphia,shedecidedtoembarkonfurtherstudiesinParis.Whileherfamilywasnotinitiallyhappyaboutherdecisiontorenouncemarriageforanartisticcareer,theyeventuallysupportedherdecisionwholeheartedly.

AtthetimeBeauxarrivedinParis,theImpressionistpainterswerebeginningtogotheirseparateways.AlthoughthemovementwouldsignificantlyinfluenceBeauxsnearcontemporaryMaryCassatt,Beauxherselfcouldnotsubscribetoitstenets.She,ontheotherhand,preferredtopaintinarealisticstylemoreakintoartistslikeJohnSingerSargentanartistshewouldoftenfavorablybecomparedto.BeauxwouldcontinueintherealistveinfortherestofhercareerevenasartistslikeMatisseandPicassowouldchannelartinbrandnewdirections.

Uponherhomecomingin1889,BeauxworkeddiligentlyasanartistandevenworkedpartoftheyearinNewYork.ShereceivedmanycommissionsfromclientsalongtheeastcoastandwouldeventuallypaintaportraitofFirstLadyEdithRooseveltandsketchPresidentRooseveltattheWhiteHouse.AlthoughBeauxdidnotachievethegreatfamethatCassattdid,shedidenjoyimmenseacclaimduringherlifeandherworkcontinuestogarnergreatrespectamongartcriticsandarthistorians.Beauxdiedin1942atthe

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ageofeightyseven.SomeofhermostfamousworksincludeSitaandSarita(18931894)andNewEnglandWoman(1895).

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