James Carroll Beckwith

James Carroll Beckwith
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(1852–1917) American painter (1852-1917)

James Carroll Beckwith (USA, 1852–1917) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, James Carroll Beckwith belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.

James Carroll Beckwith was born in Hannibal and died in New York City. James Carroll Beckwith trained at National Academy of Design. James Carroll Beckwith studied under Carolus-Duran. James Carroll Beckwith became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

One of the best-known works is ‘The Telephone and the Ticker; Study for Manufactures Building’. The works belong mainly to the genres landscape painting and genre painting. The catalogue has 43 works by James Carroll Beckwith with free images. The dated works span the years 1877–1913. Works by James Carroll Beckwith are held by several collections, among them Smithsonian American Art Museum, New York Historical, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, and Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Impressionism’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Edward Onslow Ford, Petar Ubavkić, J. Alden Weir, Tadeusz Dowgird, and Walter William Winans.