James Carroll Beckwith (1852-1917) [RA 1901-1917]
[Born September 23, 1852 in Hannibal, MO – died in October 24, 1917 in New York, NY]

SAL record control number: 64489 ;

Record level: Person ;

Record type: Artist ;

Biography:

Birth: September 23, 1852 in Hannibal, MO ;
Death: October 24, 1917 in Hotel Schuyler, 59 W 45th Street, New York, NY of heart disease ;
Sex: Male ;
Ethnicity: White ;
Zodiac: Libra ;

Known for: Portraiture ; genre ; landscape ;
Medium: oil ; pastel ; watercolor ; muralist ;
Technique: painting ; drawing ;
Subjects: women ; gardens ; men ;

Areas: Hannibal, MO (1852) ; OH (ca.1868) ; Chicago, IL (1853-1871) ; New York, NY (ca.1868, 1871-1873, 1878-1912) ; Europe (1873) ; Paris, France (ca.1873-1878) ; Munich, Germany (Summer, 1875) ; Italy (Summer, 1875, ca.1910-1912) ; Onteora, NY ; Spain l Egypt ; Greece ;
Region: North East ; Europe ; Paris, France ; Italy ; Munich, Germany (1875) ;
Lived: 11 East 14h Street, New York, NY (1879) ; Sherwood Studio Building, 58 West 57th Street, New York, NY (1880-1910 (until it was destroyed)) ; Onteora, NY ;
Father: Charles Henry Beckwith (1819-1902), a Chicago grocer ;
Mother: Martha Melissa Owen (1828-1906) ;
Relatives: John H. Sherwood, great-uncle, a New York real estate investor and art collector who built the artist Sherwood Studio Building, New York, NY (destroyed) ;
Spouse: Bertha (Hall) Beckwith (?-1925), married 1887 ;
Children: 

Training: [unknown military academy], New York, NY ; [unknown military academy], OH ; Chicago Academy of Design, Chicago, IL under Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) and Conrad D. Diehl (1842-1933) ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY under Lemuel Everett Wilmarth (1835-1918) ; Studio of Charles Auguste Carolus Emile Duran (1837-1917), Paris, France ; Académie Suisse ; École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France (1875- ) ; In the studio of Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833-1922) ;
Instructors: Walter Shirlaw (1838-1909) ; Conrad D. Diehl (1842-1933) ; Lemuel Everett Wilmarth (1835-1918) ; Charles Auguste Carolus Emile Duran (1837-1917) ; Leon Joseph Florentin Bonnat (1833-1922) ;
Work:

Taught: Art Students’ League of New York, New York, NY (ca.1878-1897) ; Brooklyn Art Guild, Brooklyn, NY ; Cooper-Union School, New York, NY ;
Students:

Member: Society of American Artists, New York, NY ; Society of Painters in Pastel, New York, NY ; American Water Color Society, New York, NY ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, artist member, 1901-1917 ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY, associate, 1886 ; academician, 1894 ; Boston Art Club, Boston, MA ; The Century Association, New York, NY ;
Exhibited with: Society of American Artists, New York, NY ; Society of Painters in Pastel, New York, NY ; American Water Color Society, New York, NY ; Salmagundi Club, New York, NY ; National Academy of Design, New York, NY ; Boston Art Club, Boston, MA ; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA ;
Awards:

Milestones: Toward the end of his life, enjoyed drawing and painting the gardens of Versailles, France for their historic importance ;

Notes: Suffered from ill health and poor constitution his whole life ; Roomed with John Singer Sargent in Paris, 1875 ;