Emma Beach Thayer
Known for floral paintings and camouflage studies
Emma Beach Thayer was an American artist known for her floral paintings. 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.
Artworks by this artist
- Smaller Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar 2
- Porcelain-White Spider 2
- Larger Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
- Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar 2
- Larger Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom 2
- White Birch Leaf Edge Caterpillar
- Porcelain-White Spider
- Unspotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar, study for book Concealing Coloration in the Animal Kingdom
- Smaller Spotted Beach Leaf Edge Caterpillar
- Jagged Leaf Edge Caterpillar
- Crumpled and Withered Leaf Edge Mimicking Caterpillar