Cecilia Beaux Self-Portrait
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In 1895, she became the first woman hired to teach full-time at the renowned Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Among many other accolades, Beaux was among the first U.S. artists invited to contribute a self-portrait to the Uffizi Galleries in Florence (1924), and she received a lifetime achievement award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters (1942). She once remarked, \u00e2\u0080\u009cWhen I attempt anything, I have a passionate determination to overcome every obstacle.\u00e2\u0080\u009d Beaux\u00e2\u0080\u0099s determination and self-confidence come through in this self-portrait."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Nacida en Filadelfia, Pensilvania"}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Una de las retratistas m\u00c3\u00a1s admiradas de su generaci\u00c3\u00b3n, Cecilia Beaux fue elogiada por su colega William Merritt Chase como \u00e2\u0080\u009cno solo la mejor mujer pintora viviente, sino la mejor que jam\u00c3\u00a1s ha existido\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Beaux estudi\u00c3\u00b3 arte en Par\u00c3\u00ads entre 1888 y 1889 y expuso su obra mundialmente, pero sigui\u00c3\u00b3 teniendo su residencia permanente en EE.UU., donde pint\u00c3\u00b3 a amistades, familiares y numerosas celebridades. En 1895 pas\u00c3\u00b3 a ser la primera mujer contratada como maestra a tiempo complete en la renombrada Academia de Bellas Artes de Pensilvania."}, {"label": "Exhibition Label", "content": "Entre sus muchos honores, Beaux estuvo entre los primeros artistas estadounidenses invitados a aportar un autorretrato a la Galer\u00c3\u00ada Uffizi en Florencia (1924), y recibi\u00c3\u00b3 un premio a su trayectoria de la Academia Estadounidense de Artes y Letras (1942). Una vez coment\u00c3\u00b3: \u00e2\u0080\u009cCuando intento hacer algo, me surge un empe\u00c3\u00b1o apasionado de superar cualquier obst\u00c3\u00a1culo\u00e2\u0080\u009d. Su determinaci\u00c3\u00b3n y confianza se manifiestan en este autorretrato."}, {"label": "Provenance", "content": "(Maury A. 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