Charles Townsend Ludington
Beaux’s depiction of four-year-old Charles Townsend Ludington (1896-1968) is one of the most appealing of her later child portraits. Dating to 1900—when Beaux’s creative skills were at their height and her reputation as the most celebrated woman painter working in the United States was secure—the work reveals the artist’s bravura and economic application of paint to convey personality, particularly that of a child. Sensitively and imaginatively rendered, Beaux’s depictions of children were most acclaimed—including at the Paris fair—for their psychological dimension even more than their compositional originality and strength of design.
Artwork Details
- Title: Charles Townsend Ludington
- Artist: Cecilia Beaux (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1855–1942 Gloucester, Massachusetts)
- Date: 1900
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 26 × 16 in. (66 × 40.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of the Ludington Family, 2023
- Object Number: 2023.171
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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