Biografie von Hattie SAUSSY (1890-1978)

Birth place: Savannah, GA

Death place: Savannah, GA

Addresses: Savannah

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: M. Baldwin Seminary, Staunton, VA, 1906-07; NY School FA, 1908-09; NAD, 1911-12; ASL, with E. Speicher; DuMond; E. O'Hara, Bridgman, both in 1912; Paris, with E.A. Taylor, 1913-14; Telfair Acad., Savannah, with A.W. Blondheim, 1923; E.S. Shorter, F.S. Herring, in Brunsville, NC, 1950-51.

Exhibited: Hist. Savannah Fnd., 1982 (retrospective); R.M. Hicklin Gal., Spartanburg, SC, 1983 (retrospective)

Member: Georgia AA, 1932-34 (vice-pres.; pres.); Wolfe Art Club.

Comments: Painted in oil and also some watercolor (portraits and landscapes) until shortly before her death. Teaching: Chatham Episopal Inst. (VA) and Savannah.

Sources: WW25; exh. cat., R.M. Hicklin Gal. (Spartanburg, SC, 1983); Petteys, Dictionary of Women Artists.