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1900 Washington, District Of Columbia - 1999 Sarasota, Florida. Known for: Still life, landscape, circus genre.
Landscape and still-life painter Helen Alton Sawyer was the daughter of a prominent Washington, D.C. family. She spent much of her childhood in Spain where she was exposed to fine art and other... Read full biography
Landscape and still-life painter Helen Alton Sawyer was the daughter of a prominent Washington, D.C. family. She spent much of her childhood in Spain where she was exposed to fine art and other elements of culture. Her father was painter Wells M. Sawyer with whom she studied as well as in New York... Read full biography
Landscape and still-life painter Helen Alton Sawyer was the daughter of a prominent Washington, D.C. family. She spent much of her childhood in Spain where she was exposed to fine art and other elements of culture. Her father was painter Wells M. Sawyer with whom she studied as well as in New York City at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, and with painter Charles Hawthorne on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her talent manifested itself early, and she and her father exhibited... Read full biography
Landscape and still-life painter Helen Alton Sawyer was the daughter of a prominent Washington, D.C. family. She spent much of her childhood in Spain where she was exposed to fine art and other elements of culture. Her father was painter Wells M. Sawyer with whom she studied as well as in New York City at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, and with painter Charles Hawthorne on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her talent manifested itself early, and she and her father exhibited in a two-person show in 1921 in New York City at the Babcock Galleries. Sawyer married artist Jerry Farnsworth from Dalton, Georgia, whom she met when they both studied with Hawthorne. He referred to his wife as a "born artist, while terming himself... Read full biography
Landscape and still-life painter Helen Alton Sawyer was the daughter of a prominent Washington, D.C. family. She spent much of her childhood in Spain where she was exposed to fine art and other elements of culture. Her father was painter Wells M. Sawyer with whom she studied as well as in New York City at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, and with painter Charles Hawthorne on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Her talent manifested itself early, and she and her father exhibited in a two-person show in 1921 in New York City at the Babcock Galleries. Sawyer married artist Jerry Farnsworth from Dalton, Georgia, whom she met when they both studied with Hawthorne. He referred to his wife as a "born artist, while terming himself a made artist" (Sternberg, 107). She continued to use her maiden name of Sawyer throughout her career. Her painting career is primarily... Read full biography
Helen Sawyer - Artist Info
About Helen Sawyer: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsNewfields
4000 Michigan Road
Indianapolis, IN 46208-4196The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association
9625 S. Longwood Drive (Ridge Park)
Chicago, IL 60643The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 N. Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102The Toledo Museum of Art
2445 Monroe Street
Box 1013
Toledo, OH 43697Truro Historical Society / Highland House Museum
6 Highland Light Road
PO Box 486
North Truro, MA 02666Tucson Museum of Art
140 N. Main Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85718Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Ganesvoort Street
New York City, NY 10014