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Sarah Henrietta Purser BIOGRAPHY
1848 Dun Laoghaire, Dublin County, Ireland - 1943. Known for: Portrait painting and stained glass.
Sarah Purser HRHA (1848-1943). The Irish portraitist and stained glass artist Sarah Purser was born in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in 1848, one of eleven children. She was related to the famous painter... Read full biography
Sarah Purser HRHA (1848-1943). The Irish portraitist and stained glass artist Sarah Purser was born in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in 1848, one of eleven children. She was related to the famous painter Sir Frederick W Burton RHA (1816-1900). When her father's grain and milling business failed and he... Read full biography
Sarah Purser HRHA (1848-1943). The Irish portraitist and stained glass artist Sarah Purser was born in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in 1848, one of eleven children. She was related to the famous painter Sir Frederick W Burton RHA (1816-1900). When her father's grain and milling business failed and he emigrated to America, she moved to Dublin with her mother. Already a naturally talented painter, Purser enrolled to learn drawing and fine art painting at the Dublin School of Art (now the National... Read full biography
Sarah Purser HRHA (1848-1943). The Irish portraitist and stained glass artist Sarah Purser was born in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in 1848, one of eleven children. She was related to the famous painter Sir Frederick W Burton RHA (1816-1900). When her father's grain and milling business failed and he emigrated to America, she moved to Dublin with her mother. Already a naturally talented painter, Purser enrolled to learn drawing and fine art painting at the Dublin School of Art (now the National College of Art & Design). In 1872, she exhibited several works at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). After this, aided financially by her brothers, she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian. Here she formed friendships with the Swiss artist Louise... Read full biography
Sarah Purser HRHA (1848-1943). The Irish portraitist and stained glass artist Sarah Purser was born in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in 1848, one of eleven children. She was related to the famous painter Sir Frederick W Burton RHA (1816-1900). When her father's grain and milling business failed and he emigrated to America, she moved to Dublin with her mother. Already a naturally talented painter, Purser enrolled to learn drawing and fine art painting at the Dublin School of Art (now the National College of Art & Design). In 1872, she exhibited several works at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). After this, aided financially by her brothers, she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian. Here she formed friendships with the Swiss artist Louise Breslau, the French Impressionist Berthe Morisot and the White Russian painter Maria Bashkirtseff. In about 1... Read full biography
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Sarah Purser HRHA (1848-1943)
The Irish portraitist and stained glass artist Sarah Purser was born in Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, in 1848, one of eleven children. She was related to the famous painter Sir Frederick W Burton RHA (1816-1900). When her father's grain and milling business failed and he emigrated to America, she moved to Dublin with her mother.
Already a naturally talented painter, Purser enrolled to learn drawing and fine art painting at the Dublin School of Art (now the National College of Art & Design). In 1872, she exhibited several works at the Royal Hibernian Academy (RHA). After this, aided financially by her brothers, she studied in Paris at the Academie Julian. Here she formed friendsh...But wait, there's more...
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