| Biography of old oil painting master James Carroll Beckwith what we can copy |
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James Carroll Beckwith
American Academic Classical painter
born 1852 - died 1917 |
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James Carroll Beckwith was a portrait, genre
and landscape painter born in 1852. James
Carroll Beckwith studied at the National Academy of Design,
NYC, in 1871 as well as Ecole des
Beaux-Arts, Paris. While living in Paris,
Beckwith shared a studio with Sargent. They
both assisted a former teacher, Emile
Carolus-Duran, in painting ceiling
decoration in the Louvre. James Carroll
Beckwith also exhibited
at the Paris Salon four times between the
years 1877-87. In 1910 Beckwith moved to
Italy for four years where James Carroll
Beckwith worked on
plein-air landscapes that were full of sun
and color. |
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Although most
of James Carroll Beckwith’s work was
basically academic, James Carroll Beckwith felt a strong
Impressionistic impression. Beckwith was
also a highly respected teacher at the Art
Students League in NYC, where James Carroll
Beckwith taught an
antiques course. Unfortunately, due to poor
health, Beckwith committed suicide in 1917.
Most of James Carroll Beckwith’s paintings
were subsequently auctioned off in New York
proceeding James Carroll Beckwith’s death. |
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