Sarah Purser

Sarah Purser
Portrait by John Butler Yeats, c. 1880–1885
Born
Sarah Henrietta Purser

22 March 1848
County Dublin, Ireland
Died7 August 1943(1943-08-07) (aged 95)
Dublin, Ireland
Resting placeMount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Alma materMetropolitan School of Art, Académie Julian
Known forFirst female member of the Royal Hibernian Academy
Movementstained glass movement

Sarah Henrietta Purser RHA (22 March 1848 – 7 August 1943) was an Irish artist mainly noted for her portraiture. She was the first woman to become a full member of the Royal Hibernian Academy. She also founded and financially supported An Túr Gloine, a stained glass studio.[1]

  1. ^ National Gallery of Ireland (1987). Irish Women Artists: From the Eighteenth Century to the Present Day. National Gallery of Ireland. ISBN 978-0-903162-40-1.