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Though Beaux was an individualist, comparisons to Sargent would prove inevitable, and often favorable.

Her strong technique, her perceptive reading of her subjects, and her ability to flatter without falsifying, were traits similar to his.

" The critics are very enthusiastic.

( Bernard ) Berenson, Mrs. Coates tells me, stood in front of the portraits – Miss Beaux's three – and wagged his head.

' Ah, yes, I see!

' Some Sargents.

The ordinary ones are signed John Sargent, the best are signed Cecilia Beaux, which is, of course, nonsense in more ways than one, but it is part of the generous chorus of praise.

" Though overshadowed by Mary Cassatt and relatively unknown to museum-goers today, Beaux's craftsmanship and extraordinary output were highly regarded in her time.

While presenting the Carnegie Institute's Gold Medal to Beaux in 1899, William Merritt Chase stated " Miss Beaux is not only the greatest living woman painter, but the best that has ever lived.

Miss Beaux has done away entirely with sex in art.