Cecilia Beaux: A Modern Painter in the Gilded Age | 
 enlarge | Author: Alice A. Carter
Publisher: Rizzoli
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 287457
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.8
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 9.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0847827089
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13
EAN: 9780847827084
ASIN: 0847827089
Publication Date: August 16, 2005
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Product Description
“Miss Beaux is not only the greatest woman painter, but the best that has ever lived.”
―William Merritt Chase, 1899
Author Alice A. Carter expertly traces Cecilia Beaux’s fascinating and unconventional life, from her privileged Philadelphia childhood to her successful penetration into the male-dominated inner circle of the art world of Paris, Philadelphia, and New York. Carter reveals how Beaux’s passion for her work and her headstrong spirit enabled her to achieve professional success unrivaled by any other female artist―and the personal price she paid for it.
Born in Philadelphia in 1855, Cecilia Beaux pursued an artistic career with the same zeal as her male peers, and by the turn of the century she had established an international reputation and exhibited regularly. She worked with eminent artists of her day, including Claude Monet, Winslow Homer, and John Singer Sargent, and in 1895 she became the first full-time female faculty member of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
This is the first illustrated biography of Beaux’s work, showcasing more than 150 paintings and drawings, including her best known high-style portrait commissions of such notable figures as Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt and Georges Clemenceau, as well as later landscapes and still-life compositions. Much of this work has rarely been seen.
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 Excellent book May 17, 2008
Thomas L. Cranmer (Great Falls, VA, USA)
This is an excellent book for people who don't want to buy the pricier versions. It provides sensitive insights into this great painter's life.
Cecilia Beaux April 14, 2008
Denise A. Schmidt
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very pleased with my purchase. Arrived in first class condition as new
Highly recommend
 Good, but ....... November 13, 2007
Rose the painter (usa washington state)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a nice book, but you need all the paintings if that is what you want. The colours are slightly off, and not as RICH as the other book.
I did a master copy painting class, and used this book, and found out that it was not true to the color of the original painting.
Too much life story for my use, but im sure if you want to know about her, this will be just as good as any. She was quite a painter!
A Great Woman Artist September 13, 2007
joaneletta (Tn)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I joined the Cecilia Beaux Society,Portrait Society of America, and I was interested in reading her life story and seeing some of her many paintings. This book has been an inspiration to me as an artist, and last week-end I was able to visit her exibition at the High Museum , in Atlanta, Ga.
What a thrill, and even more so because I had this book. The gift shop had some other books about her,but they did not compare with this copy.
As you can see I have given it 5 stars, as I would recommend it to any artist interested in her style of painting.
Good story, good art August 20, 2006
Lewfast Tripel (USA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Aside a wide range of reproductions of Beaux's work, this book also contains a compelling narrative arc. Rarely do you see such well-done storytelling in an artist's biography. The author doesn't simply rehash data in order to paint a portrait of Beaux, she uses beautiful images and diary excerpts to portray Beaux arduous rise to prominence. In reading this book, it becomes clear that despite the sheer brilliance of Beaux's artwork, the artist was full of self-doubt like the rest of us. The author, Carter, makes her subject gloriously human, and this makes for a good read.
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