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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
Along the Brandywine in Winter
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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Biography from AskART:
| Known for her painterly, naturalistic landscapes and still-life images,
Sarah Jane Blakeslee received her art training in Realism and
Impressionism and was profoundly influenced by the work of Paul
Cezanne.
Blakeslee was born in Evanston, Illinois in 1912. She attended
the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois in 1926, followed by the
Corcoran School of Art in Washington, D.C. Additional instruction
was obtained from Catherine Critcher, an artist recognized for her
Native American portrait paintings. In 1931 she began studying at
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia under the artist
Francis Speight. As an instructor and landscape painter, Speight
was influential on the artwork she produced. Blakeslee and
Speight later married.
Sarah Blakeslee was awarded the Cresson Scholarship from the
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1933, enabling her to travel and
paint in Europe for a year. It was during her time abroad that
Blakeslee encountered the artwork of Paul Cezanne which, having a
significant impact on her style of painting, is most apparent in her
earlier work. She also received awards in honor of her work, such
as the Charles K. Smith Award from the Woodmere Gallery; Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts Mary Smith prize; and the National Academy of
Design Roger Fund. She painted Apple Orchard, a mural for the post office in Strasburg, Virginia, as part of the Works Progress Administration in 1938.
Blakeslee’s artwork has been exhibited by the Art Institute of Chicago;
Corcoran Gallery; National Academy of Design; North Carolina Museum;
Pennsylvania Academy; and the 1939 Worlds Fair in San Francisco,
California. Her work is held in permanent collections of
institutions including the Greensville Museum of Art in North Carolina;
Muskegon Museum of Illinois; North Carolina Museum of Art; Pennsylvania
Academy of Fine Arts; and the St. John’s Museum in North Carolina.
Blakeslee died on 12 January 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one day prior to her ninety-third birthday.
Submitted by Jenna Wuensche, Researcher
Source: Jules Heller and Nancy G. Heller, North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century
Additional Resources (Internet Sources):
http://www.michenermuseum.org/ James A. Michener Art Museum, Bucks County Artists, Interactive Database
http://www.postmarks.org/photos/ Post Office Photos, Strasburg, Virginia Post Office
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