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Peggy Bacon
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 her mother, Elizabeth Chase Bacon, a miniaturist – fostering within young Peggy an early inclination towards visual expression. This encouragement wasn’t confined to formal lessons; the Bacons prioritized a broad education for their daughter, encompassing Latin, Greek mythology, a…