Caroline van Hook Bean

Caroline van Hook Bean (November 16, 1879 – December 24, 1980) was an Impressionist American painter. She is best known for depicting street scenes of New York City and Washington, D.C. She first began painting as a child on paper in her father's Smithsonian office.

Artistic career After graduating from Smith, Bean briefly attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts, studying under Edmund H. Wuerpel from 1903-194. Her portraits also became popular with the upper echelons of society, and she received commissions from prominent families such as the DuPonts, Fords, and Kiplingers. After moving to Washington D.C., she met English engineer Algernon H. Binyon, whom she was married to from 1927 until his death in 1941.