Marion H. Beckett

Portrait of Mrs. Eduard J. Steichen

Marion H. Beckett (1886–1949) was an American painter, and daughter of lawyer and former Surrogate Charles H. Beckett.[1] Her Portrait of Mrs. Charles H. Beckett and Portrait of Mrs. Eduard J. Steichen were exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show.[2] A member of Alfred Stieglitz’s artistic circle in New York City, Beckett was known primarily as a portrait painter.[3] A Beckett portrait of Georgia O'Keeffe was chosen for early news coverage of O'Keeffe's work.[4]

From 1908 to 1910, Beckett traveled to Paris with Katharine Rhoades and Malvina Hoffman to study in France.[5] In 1915 Beckett and Rhodes had a joint exhibition at Stieglitz’s 291 Gallery.[6] Marion Beckett and her friends Katharine Rhoades and Agnes Ernst Meyer were known as the "Three Graces" of 291,[6][7] an accolade bestowed by Charles Lang Freer.[8] In January 1917, Beckett presented a show of portraits at Marius de Zayas's Modern Gallery.[3]

Agnes Ernst Meyer described Marion as one of "the most beautiful young women that ever walked this earth". She was also described as shy and reserved.[6]

In 1919, Clara Steichen sued Marion Beckett for $200,000 damages for "Alienation of affections", claiming that Marion had followed her husband, artist Edward Steichen, to France and had an affair. Clara was unable to prove her claims.[9][10]

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  1. ↑ Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter (2006). Full bloom : the art and life of Georgia O'Keeffe (1st ed.). New York: W. W. Norton. p. 94. ISBN 978-0393327410. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Association of American Painters and Sculptors (New York, N.Y.) (1913). Catalogue of International Exhibition of Modern Art. New York. p. 53. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 Zayas, Marius de (1996). Naumann, Francis M., ed. How, when, and why modern art came to New York. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. p. 147. ISBN 9780262041539. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  4. ↑ Mathews, Nancy Mowll (2001). American dreams : American art to 1950 in the Williams College Museum of Art (1st ed.). New York: Hudson Hills Press. pp. 136–138. ISBN 978-1555952105.
  5. ↑ Wardle, Marian (2005). American women modernists. [Provo (Utah)]: Brigham Young university Museum of Art. p. 223. ISBN 978-0813536842. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 Messinger, Lisa Mintz, ed. (2011). Stieglitz and his artists : Matisse to O'Keeffe : the Alfred Stieglitz collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 237. ISBN 9781588394330.
  7. ↑ Murphy, Jessica (2009). Portraiture and feminine identity in the Stieglitz Circle: Agnes Ernst Meyer, Katharine Rhoades, and Marion Beckett (Dissertation). Ann Arbor: University of Delaware.
  8. ↑ "Busted! The Secret Lives of Agnes Meyer and Charles Lang Freer". Bento: Art Outside the Box. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "ARTIST'S WIFE SUES FOR LOSS OF HIS LOVE; Mrs. Edouard Steichen Says Marion Beckett Alienated Her Husband's Affections. ASKS FOR $200,000 DAMAGES Declares Other Woman Followed the Painter to Paris, Where He Was Honored by France". The New York Times. July 5, 1919. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Mitchell, Emily (2007). The last summer of the world. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-06487-2. Retrieved 25 February 2015.


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