Marion H. Beckett

Portrait of Mrs. Eduard J. Steichen

Marion H. Beckett (1886–1949) was an American painter whose Portrait of Mrs. Charles H. Beckett and Portrait of Mrs. Eduard J. Steichen were exhibited in the 1913 Armory Show.^[1] A member of Alfred Stieglitz’s artistic circle in New York City, Beckett was known primarily as a portrait painter. In 1915 she and Katharine Rhoades, with whom she had traveled to Paris in 1908, had a joint exhibition at Stieglitz’s 291 Gallery.^[2]

References

1. 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.
2. 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.