Cecilia Beaux

(American, 1855–1942)

Cecilia Beaux was an American artist known for her deftly painted portraiture. Often compared to the works of John Singer Sargent, some of her best-known paintings include Sita and Sarita (1893) and Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker) (1898). “A perfect technique in anything means that there has been no break in continuity between the conception and the act of performance,” she once said. Born on May 1, 1855 in Philadelphia, PA, she began taking private painting lessons as a teenager and traveled to Paris in the 1880s. Here, she studied at the Académie Julian under William-Adolphe Bouguereau and was exposed to the Impressionist works of Édouard Manet. After returning to Philadelphia, Beaux established a reputation as one of the eminent portraits painters in the city and began receiving a number of commissions. She moved to New York around 1900, and had a summer home built in Gloucester, MA around the same time. Over the decades the followed, the artist continued to consolidate her earlier success despite the changing styles of the avant-garde. She died on September 17, 1942 in Gloucester, MA. Today, Beaux’s works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, among others.

Cecilia Beaux Artworks

Cecilia Beaux (77 results)

Mrs. john frederick lewis and son, john...

Cecilia Beaux

Mrs. john frederick lewis and son, john...

Sale Date: June 5, 2016

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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY

Cecilia Beaux

PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG BOY

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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ERNESTA DRINKER, 1905

Cecilia Beaux

ERNESTA DRINKER, 1905

Sale Date: December 5, 2015

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PORTRAIT OF HENRY PHIPPS, JR

Cecilia Beaux

PORTRAIT OF HENRY PHIPPS, JR

Sale Date: October 2, 2015

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PORTRAIT OF JUDITH BROOKS KNIGHT, 1907

Cecilia Beaux

PORTRAIT OF JUDITH BROOKS KNIGHT, 1907

Sale Date: October 2, 2015

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Landscape

Cecilia Beaux

Sale Date: June 7, 2014

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Portrait of Mrs. Jeanette S.C. Gilman

Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of Mrs. Jeanette S.C. Gilman

Sale Date: May 16, 2014

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Mrs. Elizabeth M. Howe, 1903

Cecilia Beaux

Mrs. Elizabeth M. Howe, 1903

Sale Date: February 26, 2014

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Untitled

Cecilia Beaux

Sale Date: May 18, 2013

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Victory bearing away the infant future, 1921

Cecilia Beaux

Victory bearing away the infant future, 1921

Sale Date: February 13, 2011

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A lady in black

Cecilia Beaux

A lady in black

Sale Date: September 24, 2010

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Girl with lyre - portrait of Dorothea Gilder, 1905

Cecilia Beaux

Girl with lyre - portrait of Dorothea Gilder, 1905

Sale Date: March 3, 2010

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Portrait of Mrs. Frank McFadden, 1899

Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of Mrs. Frank McFadden, 1899

Sale Date: March 4, 2010

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Portrait of Joseph B. Thomas III

Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of Joseph B. Thomas III

Sale Date: January 28, 2010

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Francesca with a kitten, 1897

Cecilia Beaux

Francesca with a kitten, 1897

Sale Date: January 28, 2010

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Portrait of Joseph B. Thomas IV as an infant, 1917

Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of Joseph B. Thomas IV as an infant, 1917

Sale Date: January 28, 2010

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Portrait of a woman (sketch)

Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of a woman (sketch)

Sale Date: May 16, 2008

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Mrs. Robert Chapin and daughter Christina

Cecilia Beaux

Mrs. Robert Chapin and daughter Christina

Sale Date: June 24, 2007

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Figural sketch (+ 5 others; 6 works)

Attributed to Cecilia Beaux

Figural sketch (+ 5 others; 6 works)

Sale Date: March 2, 2007

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Seated by the fire

Attributed to Cecilia Beaux

Seated by the fire

Sale Date: March 2, 2007

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A lady in black

Cecilia Beaux

A lady in black

Sale Date: May 19, 2006

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La Princesse von Sachsen née Herzogin von...

Cecilia Beaux

La Princesse von Sachsen née Herzogin von...

Sale Date: March 8, 2006

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Portrait of George C. Troutman, 1886

Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of George C. Troutman, 1886

Sale Date: May 19, 2005

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Portrait of Robert C. Minor, 1893

Cecilia Beaux

Portrait of Robert C. Minor, 1893

Sale Date: March 3, 2005

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