Harriet Sartain was an American artist, arts educator and college administrator.
11 Facts About Harriet Sartain
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Harriet Sartain was dean of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, which became part of the Moore College of Art and Design in 1932.
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Harriet Sartain was born in Philadelphia, the daughter of Henry Sartain and Anna Maria Toby Sartain.
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Harriet Sartain's father was a printer and engraver, as was her grandfather, John Sartain, and her uncle William Sartain.
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Harriet Sartain trained as an artist at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women, with further studies at Teachers College, Columbia University.
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Harriet Sartain taught art from her own studio, and was director of the art studio at Swarthmore College beginning in 1902.
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Harriet Sartain was a founding member of the Plastic Club, and president of the club from 1913 to 1916.
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Harriet Sartain succeeded her aunt Emily Sartain to become dean of the Philadelphia School of Design for Women in 1920.
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Harriet Sartain was an active member of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, the Art Teachers Association of Philadelphia, the Eastern Art Association, the Women's National Farm and Garden Association, and many other clubs and organizations.
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Harriet Sartain died in 1957, at a hospital in Philadelphia, at the age of 83.
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Harriet Sartain's papers are part of the Sartain Family Papers collections at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.