Alice Beckington | |
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| Born | (1868-07-30)July 30, 1868 St. Charles, Missouri |
| Died | January 4, 1942(1942-01-04) (aged 73) |
| Occupation | Artist |
Alice Beckington (July 30, 1868 – January 4, 1942) was an American painter.
Born inSt. Charles,Missouri, Beckington studied art at theArt Students League of New York, where she was a pupil ofJ. Carroll Beckwith;[1] she also studied for a month withKenyon Cox. She next traveled to Paris for study at theAcadémie Julian, where her instructors includedJules Joseph Lefebvre andJean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant, and taking lessons withCharles Lasar at his studio.[2][3] She had exhibitions at Paris Salons and Paris Expositions through 1900, including the Salon du Champ de Mars.[3][4] Upon returning to the United States, Beckington began exhibiting work in venues including thePan-American Exposition, where she received an honorable mention,Louisiana Purchase Exposition, where she received a bronze medal, and Poland Spring Exhibition.[1][3][5][6]
She was a founder member of theAmerican Society of Miniature Painters, of which organization she served as president for a number of years, and from 1905 to 1916 she taught miniature painting at the Art Students League.[2] She was also a member, during her career, of theAmerican Federation of Arts and thePennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters.[1] Beckington was among the women artists, includingTheodora W. Thayer, Thomas Meteyard, sistersMatilda Lewis andJosephine Lewis, andMabel Stewart who began summering atScituate,Massachusetts around the turn of the century, founding a small artistic colony.[2][7] During this time she also spent time with notable feminist authorInez Haynes Irwin, and she and Thayer both painted portraits of Irwin that were exhibited in theKnoedler Gallery.[7] In 1935, she was awarded the medal of honor by the Brooklyn Society of Miniature Painters.[3]
A portrait by Beckington of her pupilRosina Cox Boardman is currently in the collection of theSmithsonian American Art Museum.[8] Three portraits, including one of her mother, are owned by theMetropolitan Museum of Art.[9]
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