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'''Sarah Jane Blakeslee''' (January 13, 1912 – 2005) was an [[United States|American]] landscape and portrait painter.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Price-Davis|first1=Anita|title=New Deal art in North Carolina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yff7WOyNRy8C&lpg=PA81&ots=wazVjReabb&dq=Sarah%20Jane%20Blakeslee%20(artist)&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q=Sarah%20Jane%20Blakeslee%20(artist)&f=false|website=books.google.com|publisher=Google Books|accessdate=30 March 2017}}</ref>

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'''Sarah Jane Blakeslee''' (January 13, 1912 – January 12, 2005) was an American landscape and portrait painter.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Price-Davis|first1=Anita|title=New Deal art in North Carolina|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yff7WOyNRy8C&q=Sarah+Jane+Blakeslee+%28artist%29&pg=PA81|date=29 October 2008|publisher=McFarland |isbn=9780786437795|accessdate=30 March 2017}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
Born in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]], Blakeslee studied as a teenager at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] and the [[Corcoran School of Art]]. She also took lessons at the private school in [[Washington, D.C.]] run by [[Catharine Carter Critcher]], who encouraged her to enroll in the [[Chester Springs, Pennsylvania|Chester Springs]] branch of the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] once she had graduated from high school. While there she received two [[Cresson Traveling Scholarship]]s, which allowed her to travel and study in Europe.
Born in [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]], Blakeslee studied as a teenager at the [[Art Institute of Chicago]] and the [[Corcoran School of Art]]. She also took lessons at the private school in [[Washington, D.C.]] run by [[Catharine Carter Critcher]], who encouraged her to enroll in the [[Chester Springs, Pennsylvania|Chester Springs]] branch of the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]] once she had graduated from high school. While there, she received two [[Cresson Traveling Scholarship]]s.


==Family life==
==Family life==
Among Blakeslee's instructors at the Academy was [[Francis Speight (painter)|Francis Speight]],<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org">{{cite web|url=http://thejohnsoncollection.org/sarah-blakeslee/|title=Sarah Blakeslee :: The Johnson Collection, LLC (Spartanburg, SC)|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
Among Blakeslee's instructors at the academy was [[Francis Speight (painter)|Francis Speight]],<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org">{{cite web|url=http://thejohnsoncollection.org/sarah-blakeslee/|title=Sarah Blakeslee :: The Johnson Collection, LLC (Spartanburg, SC)|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
whom she married on November 7, 1936,<ref name="Davis2008">{{cite book|author=Anita Price Davis|title=New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yff7WOyNRy8C&pg=PA81|date=29 October 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3779-5|pages=81–}}</ref> shortly after graduating. The couple settled in [[Castle Valley, Pennsylvania|Castle Valley]], where they raised their two children and where they lived until 1961. In that year Speight took a position at [[East Carolina University]], and the couple moved south. Blakeslee continued teaching and painting in her new home, continuing following her husband's death in 1989. She rented out rooms to international students until 1998, when she retired and returned to Pennsylvania to be near her daughter.<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org"/> She died on January 12, 2005, in the [[Center City, Philadelphia]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituaries|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/archives/|website=www.philly.com/philly/archives|publisher=''The Philadelphia Inquirer''|accessdate=30 March 2017}}</ref>
whom she married on November 7, 1936,<ref name="Davis2008">{{cite book|author=Anita Price Davis|title=New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yff7WOyNRy8C&pg=PA81|date=29 October 2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-3779-5|pages=81–}}</ref> shortly after graduating. In 1961, Speight took a position as artist in residence at [[East Carolina University]] (then East Carolina College), and the couple moved south.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://library.ecu.edu/specialcollections/2009/12/18/artist-sarah-blakeslee/|title=Artist Sarah Blakeslee|last=|first=|date=18 December 2009|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Blakeslee continued teaching and painting in her new home, continuing following her husband's death in 1989. She rented out rooms to international students until 1998, when she retired and returned to Pennsylvania to be near her daughter.<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org"/> She died on January 12, 2005, in the [[Center City, Philadelphia]] neighborhood.<ref>{{cite web|title=Obituaries|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/archives/|website=www.philly.com/philly/archives|publisher=The Philadelphia Inquirer|accessdate=30 March 2017}}</ref>


==Awards==
== Exhibits ==
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She was a regular exhibitor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1938 until 1964,<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org" /> and showed work at the [[North Carolina Museum of Art]], and the [[Golden Gate International Exposition]] at the [[1939 World's Fair]].<ref name="HellerHeller2013" /> She was involved with the [[Works Progress Administration]] during the [[Great Depression]], and in 1938 [[List of United States post office murals|painted a mural]], ''Apple Orchard'', for the post office in [[Strasburg, Virginia|Strasburg]], [[Virginia]], where it may still be seen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-strasburg-va/|title=Post Office Mural – Strasburg VA – Living New Deal|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> Among the institutions which hold examples of her work are the [[North Carolina Museum of Art]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncartmuseum.org/art/detail/peaches_9|title=Search View|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pafa.org/collection/along-river|title=Along the River – PAFA – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> the Greenville Museum of Art in North Carolina, which dedicated a gallery to her work and that of her husband in 2002;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinaarts.com/402greenvillemus.html|title=Greenville Museum of Art – April 2002|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> the [[Muskegon Museum of Art]]; and the [[Cameron Art Museum]].<ref name="HellerHeller2013" /> She is also represented in the Johnson Collection of art from the [[Southern United States]].<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org" /> Her papers are held along with those of her husband in the library of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04196/|title=Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee Speight Papers, 1836–1998|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>
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Blakeslee received numerous awards during her career. Among these were the Mary Smith prize of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in 1940; the Ranger Fund purchase prize of the [[National Academy of Design]]; first prize at the Woodmere Gallery in [[Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania]], in 1952; and first prize and a gold medal from the National Exhibition in [[Ligonier, Pennsylvania]], in 1961.<ref name="HellerHeller2013">{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref> In 1994 she received a [[North Carolina Award]] for her work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpedia.org/history-north-carolina-awards|title=History of the North Carolina Awards – NCpedia|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="York2002">{{cite book|author=Maurice C. York|title=The privilege to paint: the lives of Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3_qAAAAMAAJ|date=May 2002|publisher=Greenville Museum of Art}}</ref> In 1996, her artwork was featured, along with 44 other artists, in an exhibit in [[Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania]] of attendees of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Art critic Victoria Donohoe praised the quality of her work.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Donohoe|first1=Victoria|title=Art Exhibit at Yellow Springs Paints History of Country School's Influence|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=September 8, 1996|page=MD-06}}</ref>


==Works==
==Awards==
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Blakeslee received numerous awards during her career, including the Mary Smith prize of the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]], in 1940; the Ranger Fund purchase prize of the [[National Academy of Design]]; first prize at the Woodmere Gallery in [[Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania]], in 1952; and first prize and a gold medal from the National Exhibition in [[Ligonier, Pennsylvania]], in 1961.<ref name="HellerHeller2013">{{cite book|author1=Jules Heller|author2=Nancy G. Heller|title=North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AYxmAgAAQBAJ&pg=PR11|date=19 December 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-63882-5}}</ref> In 1994 she received a [[North Carolina Award]] for her work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ncpedia.org/history-north-carolina-awards|title=History of the North Carolina Awards – NCpedia|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref><ref name="York2002">{{cite book|author=Maurice C. York|title=The privilege to paint: the lives of Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3_qAAAAMAAJ|date=May 2002|publisher=Greenville Museum of Art|isbn=9780971391000}}</ref> In 1996, her artwork was featured, along with 44 other artists, in an exhibit in [[Yellow Springs, Chester County, Pennsylvania|Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania]] of attendees of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Art critic [[Victoria Donohoe]] praised the quality of her work.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Donohoe|first1=Victoria|title=Art Exhibit at Yellow Springs Paints History of Country School's Influence|newspaper=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]]|date=September 8, 1996|page=MD-06}}</ref>
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She was a regular exhibitor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1938 until 1964,<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org"/> and showed work at the Corcoran Gallery, the Art Institute of Chicago, the [[North Carolina Museum of Art]], and the [[Golden Gate International Exposition]] at the [[1939 World's Fair]].<ref name="HellerHeller2013"/> She was involved with the [[Works Progress Administration]] during the [[Great Depression]], and in 1938 [[List of United States post office murals|painted a mural]], ''Apple Orchard'', for the post office in [[Strasburg, Virginia|Strasburg]], [[Virginia]], where it may still be seen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://livingnewdeal.org/projects/post-office-mural-strasburg-va/|title=Post Office Mural – Strasburg VA – Living New Deal|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> Among the institutions which hold examples of her work are the North Carolina Museum of Art;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ncartmuseum.org/art/detail/peaches_9|title=Search View|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pafa.org/collection/along-river|title=Along the River – PAFA – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> the Greenville Museum of Art in North Carolina, which dedicated a gallery to her work and that of her husband in 2002;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinaarts.com/402greenvillemus.html|title=Greenville Museum of Art – April 2002|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref> the [[Muskegon Museum of Art]]; and the [[Cameron Art Museum]].<ref name="HellerHeller2013"/> She is also represented by several pieces in the Johnson Collection of art from the [[Southern United States]].<ref name="thejohnsoncollection.org"/> Her papers are held along with those of her husband in the library of the [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/04196/|title=Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee Speight Papers, 1836–1998|publisher=|accessdate=17 March 2017}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 20:21, 14 May 2024

Sarah Blakeslee
Mrs. Speight's artwork (cropped)
Born(1912-01-13)January 13, 1912
Evanston, Illinois
DiedJanuary 12, 2005(2005-01-12) (aged 92)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NationalityAmerican
Known forpainting

Sarah Jane Blakeslee (January 13, 1912 – January 12, 2005) was an American landscape and portrait painter.[1]

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Born in Evanston, Illinois, Blakeslee studied as a teenager at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Corcoran School of Art. She also took lessons at the private school in Washington, D.C. run by Catharine Carter Critcher, who encouraged her to enroll in the Chester Springs branch of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts once she had graduated from high school. While there, she received two Cresson Traveling Scholarships.

Family life

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Among Blakeslee's instructors at the academy was Francis Speight,[2] whom she married on November 7, 1936,[3] shortly after graduating. In 1961, Speight took a position as artist in residence at East Carolina University (then East Carolina College), and the couple moved south.[4] Blakeslee continued teaching and painting in her new home, continuing following her husband's death in 1989. She rented out rooms to international students until 1998, when she retired and returned to Pennsylvania to be near her daughter.[2] She died on January 12, 2005, in the Center City, Philadelphia neighborhood.[5]

Exhibits

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She was a regular exhibitor at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1938 until 1964,[2] and showed work at the North Carolina Museum of Art, and the Golden Gate International Exposition at the 1939 World's Fair.[6] She was involved with the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression, and in 1938 painted a mural, Apple Orchard, for the post office in Strasburg, Virginia, where it may still be seen.[7] Among the institutions which hold examples of her work are the North Carolina Museum of Art;[8] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts;[9] the Greenville Museum of Art in North Carolina, which dedicated a gallery to her work and that of her husband in 2002;[10] the Muskegon Museum of Art; and the Cameron Art Museum.[6] She is also represented in the Johnson Collection of art from the Southern United States.[2] Her papers are held along with those of her husband in the library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[11]

Awards

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Blakeslee received numerous awards during her career, including the Mary Smith prize of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, in 1940; the Ranger Fund purchase prize of the National Academy of Design; first prize at the Woodmere Gallery in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, in 1952; and first prize and a gold medal from the National Exhibition in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, in 1961.[6] In 1994 she received a North Carolina Award for her work.[12][13] In 1996, her artwork was featured, along with 44 other artists, in an exhibit in Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania of attendees of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Art critic Victoria Donohoe praised the quality of her work.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Price-Davis, Anita (29 October 2008). New Deal art in North Carolina. McFarland. ISBN 9780786437795. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Sarah Blakeslee :: The Johnson Collection, LLC (Spartanburg, SC)". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  3. ^ Anita Price Davis (29 October 2008). New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators. McFarland. pp. 81–. ISBN 978-0-7864-3779-5.
  4. ^ "Artist Sarah Blakeslee". 18 December 2009.
  5. ^ "Obituaries". www.philly.com/philly/archives. The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Jules Heller; Nancy G. Heller (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
  7. ^ "Post Office Mural – Strasburg VA – Living New Deal". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Search View". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Along the River – PAFA – Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Greenville Museum of Art – April 2002". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee Speight Papers, 1836–1998". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  12. ^ "History of the North Carolina Awards – NCpedia". Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  13. ^ Maurice C. York (May 2002). The privilege to paint: the lives of Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee. Greenville Museum of Art. ISBN 9780971391000.
  14. ^ Donohoe, Victoria (September 8, 1996). "Art Exhibit at Yellow Springs Paints History of Country School's Influence". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. MD-06.
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