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Emma Beach Thayer
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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(s) Abbott Handerson Thayer

Emma Beach Thayer (1849-1924) was an American artist known for her floral paintings.

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. 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 (1849–1921) and the step mother of the painter Gerald Handerson Thayer (1883-1939).

Thayer died in Peekskill, New York in 1924.

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