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Sarah Henrietta Purser

Sarah Henrietta Purser (1848 - 1943) was active/lived in United Kingdom, Ireland.  Sarah Purser is 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 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 1880, Sarah Purser returned to Dublin and set about earning a living from portrait art. Due to her ta   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3035 characters.]  Artist bio

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