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Cathedral at le Puy

1911
oil on wood
13 3/4 x 10 1/8 in. (34.9 x 25.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
Corner of the Terrace, Versailles

1911
oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
9 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (25.1 x 14.9 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
In the Gardens of the Villa Palmieri

1910
oil on wood
13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.9 x 26.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
Carroll Beckwith traveled to Rome in 1910 and also visited Florence, where he painted this scene. The Villa Palmieri is a garden outside of Florence that was built in the 1870s for an English earl. In the foreground of this painting is a large stone well with an iron frame and a copper bucket hanging from a pulley; in the background are two gateposts...
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Jardin de la Fontaine at Nimes, France

1911
oil on wood
8 5/8 x 5 3/4 in. (22.0 x 14.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
L' Empereur

1912
oil on canvas
sight 120 x 90 in. (304.8 x 228.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
La Tour de Solidor at St. Severin, Normandy

ca. 1877
oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
12 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. (30.8 x 25.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

notes
James Carroll Beckwith made many trips to Europe throughout his life and spent at least one summer in Normandy. The coastal light inspired a series of moody paintings of dramatic ruins set against restless skies. This piece shows a fourteenth-century fortress in the city of Saint-Malo. Beckwith placed the massive structure at the top of the canvas...
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Modigliani Gate Post

1910
oil on wood
13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.9 x 26.0 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
Nymph and Cupid

1913
oil on wood
13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (34.9 x 26.1 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
On the Banks of the Rhine, near St. Germain at Mont d'Or

1878
oil on fabric: canvas mounted on paperboard
10 x 12 1/8 in. (25.4 x 30.8 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
One of the Figures at the Parterre d'Eau

ca. 1911 or 1913
oil on wood
10 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C.

 GAAnonymous
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