Henry Sturgis Drinker and Cecilia Beaux had a complicated history but that didn’t get in the way of Cecilia making him the subject of one of her best portraits.
In today’s episode, we’ll find out how Henry was just one example of the lengths this renowned Gilded Age artist went to pursue her dream of an art career. And how her talent, hard work--and the help of a good friend--got her started.
SHOW NOTES
“A Long Look” themes are "Easy" by Ron Gelinas https://youtu.be/2QGe6skVzSs and “At the Cafe with You” by Onion All Stars https://pixabay.com/users/onion_all_stars-33331904/
Episode music
“Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 21 'Sunday'” by Frédéric Chopin
Courtesy of the European Archive and musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/82-preludes-op-28/
“Preludes, Op. 28 - No. 17 'Scene on the Place de Notre-Dame'” by Frédéric Chopin
Performed by Ivan Ilic. Courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/82-preludes-op-28/
“String Quartet no. 12 in F major 'American', Op. 96” by Antonín Dvořák.
Courtesy of the European Archive and musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/4887-string-quartet-no-12-in-f-major-american-op-96/
Artwork information
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/man-cat-henry-sturgis-drinker-1635
Les Dernier Jours d’Enfance
https://www.pafa.org/museum/collection/item/les-derniers-jours-d-enfance
Cecilia bio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia_Beaux#cite_ref-16
“Cecilia Beaux: A Modern Painter in the Gilded Age” by Alice A. Carter.
https://archive.org/details/ceciliabeauxmode0000cart
“Cecilia Beaux: American Figure Painter” by Sylvia Yount.
https://archive.org/details/ceciliabeauxamer00beau
Henry Sturgis Drinker
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sturgis_Drinker
Transcript is available at alonglookpodcast.com/henry
Cape Cod Evening by Edward Hopper
Portrait of Madame du Barry by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun
Woman Holding a Balance by Johannes Vermeer
Season 3 Update
End of Season 2
The Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
The Skater (Portrait of William Grant) by Gilbert Stuart
Place du Carrousel by Camille Pissarro
Daniel in the Lions’ Den by Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Ghost by Rachel Whiteread
The Nativity of the Virgin – Andrea di Bartolo
Nonchaloir (Repose) – John Singer Sargent
River Landscape with Cows – Aelbert Cuyp
The Return of the Prodigal Son – Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci by Leonardo da Vinci
Hiatus Update from Karen
12 End of Season 1
11 Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight – Turner
10 Slow Art Day is Here (Almost)!
09 Doylestown House-The Stove – Sheeler
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