Emma Beach Thayer

American artist

Emma Beach Thayer
Emma Beach Thayer
Born	Emmeline Buckingham Beach 1849 (1849) New York, New York
Died	1924 (aged 74–75) Peekskill, New York
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Spouse	Abbott Handerson Thayer
Family	Yale

Emma Beach Thayer (1849-1924) was an American artist known for her floral paintings.^[1] Some of her works are at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Biography

Thayer née Beach was born in New York City in 1849. The Smithsonian American Art Museum credits her with creating studies for the illustrations for Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom.^[2] Her 1904 study of The Cotton-Tail Rabbit among Dry Grasses and Leaves is in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.^[3]

Thayer was the daughter of Moses S. Beach and Chloe Buckingham, and a granddaughter of Moses Yale Beach.^[1] Her uncles were Alfred Ely Beach and William Yale Beach, and her brother was businessman Charles Yale Beach.

She was the second wife of the painter Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849–1921) of the Thayer family, and the stepmother of painter Gerald Handerson Thayer (1883-1939).^[4]

Thayer died in Peekskill, New York, in 1924.^[5]

Gallery

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Emma Beach Thayer". AskArt. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Emma Beach Thayer". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Emma Beach Thayer – 1850-1924". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Thayer, Emma Beach (American painter, 1850-1924)". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Emma Beach Thayer". American Art Collaborative. Retrieved 27 March 2020.