The Bruce Child
Decorator Cecilia Beaux American
Mainly based in Philadelphia, Beaux was the most celebrated woman figure painter working in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. She achieved her first commercial success with naturalistic portraits on porcelain, a popular art form pursued by both professional artists and amateurs. Having trained for just one month with the French ceramicist Camille Piton—an experience that strengthened Beaux’s technical precision and sensitivity to color—she quickly obtained a reputation for her depictions of children, which she noted "parents nearly wept over."
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