Artist

Sarah Eakin Cowan

born Hendersonville, NC 1875-died Miami, FL 1958
Born
Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
Died
Miami, Florida, United States
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

Sarah Eakin Cowan studied in Paris before embarking on a career as a miniaturist and painter of full-scale portraits. She settled in New York for several years, then traveled around the country making a book of silhouettes of famous people.

Works by this artist (271 items)

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Alice Pike Barney, Blonde Girl with Boa, ca. 1927, pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1966.111.2
Blonde Girl with Boa
Artist
Dateca. 1927
pastel on paper
Not on view
Alice Pike Barney, R. D. Shepherd, 1927, pastel on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1951.14.97
R. D. Shepherd
Artist
Date1927
pastel on paper
Not on view
Alice Pike Barney, Marie Huet the Painter, ca. 1900, pastel on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1951.14.38
Marie Huet the Painter
Artist
Dateca. 1900
pastel on canvas
Not on view
Alice Pike Barney, Mother and Crying Baby, 1911, pastel on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Laura Dreyfus Barney and Natalie Clifford Barney in memory of their mother, Alice Pike Barney, 1951.14.70
Mother and Crying Baby
Artist
Date1911
pastel on canvas
Not on view