Cecilia beaux (7 Ergebnisse)

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. 1st Simon & Schuster TPB Ed 2004/2nd Pr. 381 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Slight warpage on pages. Light foxing on page edges. Jackie Seow (Cover Design); Cecilia Beaux (Cover Illustration); Osceola Thomas (Author Photo); Ellen R. Sasabara (Design) (illustrator).…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Background With Figures: Autobiography of Cecilia Beaux' is a compelling firsthand account of the life and career of one of the most distinguished American portrait painters of the Gilded Age. In this memoir, Cecilia Beaux traces her journey from her early education in Philadelphia to her emergence as a peer to the likes of John Singer Sargent. With a keen eye for detail, Beaux reflects on the technical and aesthetic challenges of her craft, her experiences in the vibrant art circles of Paris and New England, and the deep discipline required to capture the character of her subjects on canvas.Beyond a mere professional chronicle, this work offers profound insights into the social and cultural milieu of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beaux provides intimate glimpses of the notable figures who sat for her, including political leaders, cultural icons, and family members, while discussing her philosophy on color, light, and form. 'Background With Figures: Autobiography of Cecilia Beaux' serves as both a significant historical document and a testament to the perseverance and vision of a pioneering woman in the fine arts, making it an essential read for art historians and enthusiasts alike.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you may see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Background With Figures: Autobiography of Cecilia Beaux' is a compelling firsthand account of the life and career of one of the most distinguished American portrait painters of the Gilded Age. In this memoir, Cecilia Beaux traces her journey from her early education in Philadelphia to her emergence as a peer to the likes of John Singer Sargent. With a keen eye for detail, Beaux reflects on the technical and aesthetic challenges of her craft, her experiences in the vibrant art circles of Paris and New England, and the deep discipline required to capture the character of her subjects on canvas.…

Zustand: Very Good. Philadelphia, 1975. Glossy illustrated paper covers; wear at spine edges and corners; shelf wear at covers; 4to, 9 3/4" - 12" Tall; Interior clean and unmarked; 126 pages.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A scarce catalogue detailing the works on display from the U.S at the fine arts exhibit at the Paris Exposition of 1900. The first and only edition.Illustrated with forty-eight monochrome plates and two monochrome diagrams of the Palais Des Beaux-Arts and the Pavilions of Foreign Nations. Collated, complete.In the publisher's original cloth with gilt details and a red sprayed fore-edge.This scarce catalogue provides information on the artworks, from by the United States, on display at the fine arts exhibit Paris-Exposition of 1900. The catalogue provides bibliographical information on the artists on display, and monochrome reproductions of the works exhibited. The artists featured inside include Frank W. Benson, Cecilia Beaux and J. W. Alexander. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally excellent with only minimal rubbing to the extremities and the odd very slight mark to the boards. Light offsetting to the endpapers. Internally firmly bound with clean and age toned pages. Very Good Indeed. Frank W. Benson; Cecilia Beaux; J. W. Alexander; et al. (illustrator). book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. None. 1930 Autobiography of Cecilia Beaux, Hardcover, No Jacket, Very Good Condition, Ex Library Collection from Leslie College in Cambridge Mass. Inscribed that it was a Christmas present in 1930 to Edith Loring Getchell from "Margaret".

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Signed Limited First Edition. 355p.frontispiece.27 black and white illustrations. Blue cloth, black leather spine label. This is one of 200 copies signed by the author. Cecilia Beaux's attractive black ink signature is on the blank prelim. page. The pages are roughly cut, the leather spine label has an upper edge chip, rubbing of "Background". Otherwise this is a very well preserved, unmarked and clean copy. "Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942), Impressionist painter known for her portraiture, was the first woman to teach at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. She wrote her autobiography at age 75, in part to capture her family record and in part to recount the adventures of a lifetime spent with many people of note. ". Book.…