Hattie Saussy

Hattie Saussy (1890-1978) was a painter from Savannah, Georgia.[1][2] In her youth, she studied at the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, where she learned about Impressionist art.[2] She later studied for a year at Mary Baldwin Seminary, the National Academy of Design Antique School, and the New York School of Fine and Applied Art.[2]

Saussy's work includes landscapes and portraiture. It can be found in several Southeastern museums such as the Columbus Museum, the High Museum of Art, the Telfair Museum, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, and the Spartanburg Art Museum.[1]

Early life

Saussy's parents were named Rachel Louise Shivers and Joachim Radcliffe Saussy III.[3]She was introduced to art and painting in her fifth grade public school, and went on to take private lessons. Saussy left Savannah after high school for college at the Mary Baldwin College in Virginia. This is where her passion for art really took off. Saussy left Baldwin after one year and moved to New York with her mother. They spent four years in New York, during this time Saussy studied art with many different professors. After New York she and her mother moved to Paris, where they stayed until World War 1 started in 1913.

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References

  1. 1 2 Klacsmann, Karen Towers. "Hattie Saussy (1890-1978)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Rush, Thetis B.; Saussy, Hattie (1983). Hattie Saussy, Georgia painter. Spartanburg, South Carolina: R.M. Hicklin Jr. OCLC 10333895.
  3. ↑ "Hattie Saussy (1890-1978)". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-02-29.


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