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BEAUX, CECILIA (1863– )

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 600 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BEAUX, See also:CECILIA (1863– ) , See also:American portrait-painter, was See also:born in See also:Philadelphia, See also:Pennsylvania, where she became a See also:pupil of See also:William See also:Sartain. But her real See also:art training was obtained in See also:Paris, where she started in the atelier See also:Julian and had the coaching of painters like See also:Robert-See also:Fleury, See also:Bouguereau and Dagnan Bouveret. In 1890 she exhibited at the Paris Exposition. Returning to Philadelphia, See also:Miss Beaux obtained in 1893 the See also:gold See also:medal of the Philadelphia Art See also:Club, and also the See also:Dodge See also:prize at the New See also:York See also:National See also:Academy, and later various other distinctions. She became a member of the National Academy of See also:Design, New York, in 1902. Among her portraits are those of See also:Bishop-Coadjutor Greer (exhibited at the See also:Salon in 1896); Mrs See also:Roosevelt and her daughter; and Mrs Larz See also:Anderson. Her " Dorothea and Francesca," and " Ernesta and her Little See also:Brother," are See also:good examples of her skill in See also:painting See also:children.

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