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In 1895 Beaux became the first woman to have a regular teaching position at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where she instructed in portrait drawing and painting for the next twenty years.

That rare type of achievement by a woman prompted one local newspaper to state, " It is a legitimate source of pride to Philadelphia that one of its most cherished institutions has made this innovation.

" She was a popular instructor.

In 1896, Beaux returned to France to see a group of her paintings presented at the Salon.

Influential French critic M. Henri Rochefort commented, " I am compelled to admit, not without some chagrin, that not one of our female artists … is strong enough to compete with the lady who has given us this year the portrait of Dr. Grier.

Composition, flesh, texture, sound drawing — everything is there without affectation, and without seeking for effect.