Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Beatrice de Béarn

Birthname: Winans
Nationality: American
Date of birth: 1884
Place of birth: Baltimore
Date of death: 1907
Category: relation, collector

Identity:

Beatrice Winans (Comtesse de Béarn) (1884-1907), was the daughter of Ross Revillon Winans and Neva Whistler (Whistler's niece).

She married Henri Louis Elie Joseph de Galard de Béarn (1874-1947), Comte de Brassac.

Life:

Her sister, Marie Julie Pamphile Berthe de Béhague, Comtesse de Ganay (1868-1940), wife of Charles Alexandre Anne Jean de Ganay, Comte de Ganay (1861-1948), was a collector, and their son, Octave Marie Hubert de Ganay, Marquis de Ganay (1888-1974) inherited a painting that may be by Whistler , Head of a Peasant Woman (YMSM 21).

Bibliography:

Genealogy for Beatrice Winans (1884 - 1907) family tree on Geni.

Gibson and Shields Families of Baltimore, MD, website.

'Beatrice Winans', Ancestry.com.