Talk:Sarah Tyson Hallowell
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- a cousin was the painter Maria Mott Hallowell Loud, (1860-1916), known as "May Hallowell Loud," of Medford, Massachusetts.
- Her circle of friends included James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)[1]
- During WWI... performed heroic humanitarian work, treating the wounded in her home, and visiting prison camps behind German lines to insure Allied prisoners were treated properly.[2]
- Like many Quakers, Mary Morris Tyson Hallowell was dedicated to humanitarian service. She belonged to a group of leading Quaker women who worked for fire relief in Philadelphia, using their combined resources to locate and move stricken families into permanent housing and providing basic clothing and household necessities within hours of the event. Mary, in 1864, traveled to East Tennessee to deliver relief to union sympathizers who had been turned off their farms, greatly abused, and left without clothing or food.
- Sara Hallowell attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, but the extent of her artistic training is not known.[3]
- During the Civil War, most of the family's investments, which had been in the South, were lost, leaving their financial situation precarious.
- he made some of her European journeys with her mother Mary Morris Tyson Hallowell and her niece, Harriet Hallowell, who was brought up by her mother. From 1870 to 1890, she produced exhibitions that featured works by young painters and important works from the recent Paris Salons.
- World's Columbian Exposition. Sixty prominent painters signed a petition on her behalf and she was endorsed by the head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Times, and even Mark Twain. The position of chief which was given to Halsey Ives (1847–1911), founder of the Washington University School of Fine Arts in St. Louis.[4]
- Friendship with Rodin: Sara Hallowell had a long and productive friendship with the French sculptor Auguste Rodin.[5] In the months leading up to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, she worked hard to sell his sculpture to American collectors, but it was considered too avant-garde by everyone she approached initially. In spite of this, he greatly appreciated her efforts on his behalf. Eventually, he convinced the Chicago collector Charles Yerkes (1837–1905) to purchase Rodin's work and she eventually brought Rodin a number of collectors including Mr. & Mrs. Potter Palmer, Isabella Stewart Gardner and Elliott Clark. In appreciation for her efforts, Hallowell was given three Rodins, a bronze Sphinx, a marble and even a terra cotta.[6]
- Because of her friendship with the French Impressionists and her familiarity with their work, Hallowell would have been quite familiar with Moret-sur Loing. Alfred Sisley died there in 1899.
- ^ There is correspondence between the two in the University of Glasgow's Whistler Collection. She brought Mrs. Palmer to his Rue Notre Dame des Champs studio.
- ^ Letter in possession of the United States Department of State, Passport Division describes their work, May 3, 1918
- ^ Family accounts cite her attendance at PAFA.
- ^ See Jensen, Her Sex Was an Insuperable Objection
- ^ See Musee Rodin's collection of 121 documents.
- ^ See Rodin and His American Collectors in Ruth Butler's book, see Kysela's Sara Hallowell brings Modern Art to the Midwest, see Jeffrey Morseburg's The Indefatigable Miss Hallowell for background and details.
Any full reliable citations for any of this information?--CaroleHenson (talk) 11:55, 17 August 2014 (UTC)