Seated Woman with Birds
Medium
Colored chalks and pastel on grey wove paper
Dimensions
Sight: 7 1/8 x 6 7/8 in. (18.1 x 17.5 cm)
Classification
Drawing
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Henry L. Moses, 1961
Accession Number
61.168.4
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
BirdsPortraitsWomen
About the Artist
J. Carroll Beckwith · 1852–1917
**James Carroll Beckwith (1852–1917)** was an American painter renowned for his portraits, figure studies, and landscapes in a Naturalist style that bridged academic traditions with emerging modern sensibilities. Born in Hannibal, Missouri, he grew up in Chicago, where his family ran a wholesale grocery business. He began his artistic training at the Chicago Academy of Design in 1868 under Walter ...