A Life Etched in Wit: The World of Peggy Bacon Peggy Bacon, born Margaret Frances Bacon in 1895 in Ridgefield, Connecticut, was a uniquely perceptive observer of American life, translating her observations into a body of work celebrated for its satirical edge and technical brilliance. Her artistic journey wasn’t one of conventional training or rigid adherence to prevailing styles; rather, it blossomed from an unconventional upbringing steeped in creativity and intellectual curiosity. Both her parents were artists – her father, Charles Roswell Bacon, a painter of landscapes and figures, and h…