Emma Beach Thayer (1849-1924) was an American artist known for her floral paintings.
Biography
Thayer née Beach was born in
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
in 1849. The
Smithsonian American Art Museum credits her with creating studies for the illustrations for
Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom.
Her 1904 study of ''The Cotton-Tail Rabbit among Dry Grasses and Leaves'' is in the collection of the
Brooklyn Museum.
Thayer was the daughter of
Moses S. Beach and Chloe Buckingham.
She was the second wife of the painter
Abbott Handerson Thayer
Abbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849May 29, 1921) was an American artist, naturalist and teacher. As a painter of portraits, figures, animals and landscapes, he enjoyed a certain prominence during his lifetime, and his paintings are represen ...
(1849–1921) and the step mother of the painter Gerald Handerson Thayer (1883-1939).
Thayer died in
Peekskill, New York
Peekskill is a city in northwestern Westchester County, New York, United States, from New York City. Established as a village in 1816, it was incorporated as a city in 1940. It lies on a bay along the east side of the Hudson River, across from ...
in 1924.
Gallery
Emma Beach Thayer - Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom - 1950.2.26C - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, Emma Beach Thayer - Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
Emma Beach Thayer - Larger Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom - 1950.2.24B - Smithsonian American Art Museum.jpg, Emma Beach Thayer - Larger Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
References
External links
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images of Emma Beach Thayer's workon ArtNet
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1849 births
1924 deaths
People from New York (state)
20th-century American women artists