Cecilia BeauxEstados Unidos, 1855–1942Georges Clemenceau
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Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano
Washington D. C., Estados Unidos
SalaLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 2A
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About the painting
The United States War Portraits Commission hired Cecilia Beaux to paint this portrait of Georges Clemenceau, the premier of France who signed the World War I peace treaty at Versailles in 1919. Clemenceau hated having his portrait made, so Beaux prepared her composition from photographs and sketches while she waited for his return from a trip to the Middle East. She wrote: "Now I am after the most illusive and 'orneriest' of them all, and dear knows when I shall catch him . . ." Beaux finally went to his house for one sitting and from an oil sketch created this portrait of the statesman, standing in his study behind a desk with books and papers.
Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano
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- Número de inventario
- 1923.6.5
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- Museo Smithsoniano de Arte Americano: the museum's own open data · obtenido hace 10 días
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