Sarah Eileen Hanley (December 7, 1883 – February 11, 1958) was a painter. She is known for her friendship with Louis Comfort Tiffany as well as her involvement with the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation.
Sarah Eileen Hanley | |
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| Born | December 7, 1883 Sligo, Ireland |
| Died | February 11, 1958 (aged 74) Laurel Hollow, New York |
Biography
editBorn on December 7, 1883, in Sligo, Ireland, Hanley emigrated to the United States in 1905. She lived in New York and became a nurse.
Hanley met the artist Louis Comfort Tiffany in 1910 when she was hired as a caregiver to Tiffany who was recovering from a kidney infection. The two formed a friendship that lasted the rest of Tiffany's life. She lived Tiffany from 1910 to 1933. Tiffany built her a house adjacent to his home, Laurelton Hall. When the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation was established in 1918, Hanley served as its first director.[1]
In the early 1930s Hanley exhibited her paintings and watercolors at the Anderson Galleries in New York City. Hanley inherited her house and a monetary share of Tiffany's estate upon his death in 1933. She exhibited sporadically through the 1930s ans 1940s.[1]
Hanley was a member of National Association of Women Artists. In 1946 she became a life fellow of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[2]
Hanley died on February 11, 1958, in Laurel Hollow, New York[1] She left her estate, including several pieces by Tiffany, to the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary's of the Springs (now Dominican Sisters of Peace) in Columbus, Ohio.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Parker, Michael P. "Hanley, Sarah Eileen". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1701373. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Miss Sarah E. Hanley". The New York Times. 13 February 1958. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Lot 72: Louis Comfort Tiffany American, 1848-1933 Sarah at the Florida Shore". Invaluable, LLC. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
Further reading
edit- A Storied Desk Forbes article Oct 1, 2007