Occupation Painter Name Katherine Behenna | Died 1924 | |
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Spouse(s) Henry Carstairs Behenna (divorced) | ||
Katherine Arthur Behenna (1860-1924) was a Scottish-born US-based miniature portraitist.
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Early life
Katherine Arthur Behenna was born in 1860 in Helensburgh, Scotland. Her father was from Montreal, Canada. She was educated in Montreal, Boston, as well as at the Art Students League of New York and the Académie Julian in Paris, France.
Career
She painted miniature portraits of American Socialites of the Gilded Age for art collector Peter Marié, including Antoinette Polk, Baroness de Charette and Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy. She also did a portrait of Louise, Princess Royal.
Her work was exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, England. She later moved to Étaples, France, where she was a member of the Etaples art colony.
She believed Helios was her muse.
Personal life
She briefly married Henry Carstairs Behenna in 1885, and divorced shortly after.
Death and legacy
She died in 1924. Her miniature portraits from the Peter Marié Collection are kept at the New York Historical Society.