Personal life Marion H. Beckett

beckett traveled voulangis, france agnes meyer , katharine rhoades visit artist edward steichen , wife , paint portraits. sole guest @ house @ beginning of world war in 1914, when germans soldiers advancing towards town. able evacuate 2 days before germans arrived @ steichen s house. in 1917, worked canteen worker red cross in france, , during time period believed have begun affair steichen.

by 1919, beckett established studio in latin quarter of paris, entertained steichen. believed have traveled france new york , vermont, mother lived. in 1919, clara steichen sued marion beckett $200,000 damages alienation of affections , claiming marion had followed husband france , had affair. clara unable prove claims. reported beckett had ten-year affair steichen, until 1926 when stopped painting.

by 1926, had adopted son , daughter. spent summers in house in williamstown, vermont , living in new york city in 1930.