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CECILIA, an American artist, born in Philadelphia. She studied art in Philadelphia and in Paris. She was four times awarded the Mary Smith Prize at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, received also the Dodge prize of the National Academy of Design and many other medals from foreign and American art societies. She was a frequent exhibitor at important exhibitions in the United States and abroad. She was a member of the National Academy of Design. She was especially notable for her painting of portraits.