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Mar 17, 1841 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States Died on 17 Jun 1927 (aged 86)
American engraver and educator
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About Emily Sartain
- Emily Sartain (March 17, 1841 – June 17, 1927) was an American painter and engraver.
- She was the first woman in Europe and the United States to practice the art of mezzotint engraving, and the only woman to win a gold medal at the 1876 World Fair in Philadelphia.
- Sartain became a nationally recognized art educator and was the director of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women from 1866 to 1920.
- Her father, John Sartain, and three of her brothers, William, Henry and Samuel were artists.
- Before she entered the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and studied abroad, her father took her on a Grand Tour of Europe.
- She helped found the New Century Club for working and professional women, and the professional women's art clubs, The Plastic Club and The Three Arts Club.
