Ogden, Sarah Ethel

  • From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: See full biography at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Ogden
  • Wiki Biography:
    • Sarah Ethel Ogden (1869–1902) was a Canadian painter and educator. She was central to developing china painting within the Fine Arts Department at the Mount Allison Ladies’ College in Sackville, NB. Her work and contributions have been brought to light through recent research, scholarship and exhibitions.
    • Sarah Ethel Ogden was born in Sackville, New Brunswick, in 1869 to shipbuilder and mill owner William Ogden and Alice Chase Barnes. The eldest of three sisters, Ogden grew up within an artistic family. Her mother, Alice Chase Barnes studied art in the first class of the Mount Allison University Female Academy, known as the Ladies’ College, receiving a Token of Merit in 1857. She went on to teach in the art department from 1859 to 1863.
    • Ogden painted primarily landscapes and still lifes, including floral studies. Her painting style is described by curator Gemey Kelly as, “modernist”, noting how the artist’s handling of paint serves to “partially break down the function of the paint as purely representational, drawing attention to its mass and materiality.”
    • In 1897, Ogden exhibited a painting in the Women’s Art Association of Canada exhibition at Roberts’ Gallery in Toronto, ON.
    • Ogden died in Sackville in 1902 of phthisis at the age of 32.
    • Ogden’s work and contributions have been brought to light through recent research, scholarship and exhibitions.
  • Great Granddaughter of United Empire Loyalist listed in Loyalist Directory: https://uelac.ca/loyalist-directory/detail/?wpda_search_column_id=6290
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