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Godwin introduced Beatrice to James McNeill Whistler, with whom she studied, and for whom she posed. Her earliest works were small portraits and delicate decorative drawings and watercolors of birds and flowers. From about 1886 she produced a number of small panels, chiefly of girls reading, with plain backgrounds.
Beatrice Whistler (also known as Beatrix or Trixie; 12 May 1857 – 10 May 1896) was born in Chelsea, London on 12 May 1857. She was the eldest daughter of ten children of the sculptor John Birnie Philip [1] and Frances Black. She studied art in her father's studio and with Edward William Godwin who was an architect-designer.
They had one son, Edward, born 1 October 1876. Godwin died in 1886, and she married Whistler on 11 August 1888. He called her 'Trixie', 'Chinkie', 'Luck' and 'Wam' and she usually signed herself 'Beatrix'. Life: She studied art in her father's Chelsea studio and with Godwin.
Beatrix Godwin Whistler. Also known as. Beatrix G. Whistler. Date of birth. 1857. Date of death. 1896.
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May 12, 1857 - May 10, 1896. Beatrice Whistler was born in Chelsea, London on 12 May 1857. She was the eldest daughter of ten children of the sculptor John Birnie Philip and Frances Black. She...
1857-1896. Biography. Wife of Edward William Godwin; following his death in 1886 married the painter James McNeill Whistler (qq.v.) two years later; sometimes known as Beatrix Whistler. Her sister, Rosalind Birnie Philip (q.v.), was Whistler's executrix. New search.
