Arts Everyday Living: Through a Woman Artist’s Eyes—Man’s Best Feline Friend

Cecilia Beaux, Man with the Cat (Henry Sturgis Drinker), 1898, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.

American artist Cecilia Beaux (1855-1942) was a famed portraitist in the United States, including commissions of President Theodore Roosevelt’s wife and daughter.  However, one of her most unforgettable works is Man with the Cat above.

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