Creator Record

Metadata

Name

Blakeslee, Sarah

Other names

Sarah Jane Blakeslee; Sarah Blakeslee Speight

Dates & places of birth and death

Born in Evanston, Illinois on January 13, 1912; Died on January 12, 2005 in Philadelphia

Nationality

American

Relationships

Francis Speight (m. November 7, 1936)

Places of residence

Castle Valley, Pennsylvania; Moved to North Carolina in the 60s

Role

Artist

Titles & Honors

Received two Cresson Traveling Scholarships, which allowed her to travel and study in Europe; Mary Smith prize of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1940); Ranger Fund Purchase Prize of the National Academy of Design; First Prize at the Woodmere Gallery in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania (1952); and First Prize and a gold medal from the National Exhibition in Ligonier, Pennsylvania (1961); North Carolina Award (1994)