Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke (1808-1896) was an American painter with a connection to the

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Transcendentalist Movement.

Biography

Sarah Anne Freeman Clarke-Kentucky Beech Forest c 1839

Clarke was born in Massachusetts in 1808. Her brother was the Unitarian minister

James Freeman Clarke James Freeman Clarke (April 4, 1810 – June 8, 1888) was an American minister, theologian and author. Biography Born in Hanover, New Hampshire, on April 4, 1810, James Freeman Clarke was the son of Samuel Clarke and Rebecca Parker Hull, though h ...

. She was involved in the

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. In 1843 Clarke traveled with her brother James and mutual friend

Margaret Fuller Sarah Margaret Fuller (May 23, 1810 – July 19, 1850), sometimes referred to as Margaret Fuller Ossoli, was an American journalist, editor, critic, translator, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movemen ...

to the area of the Great Lakes and the territories of Wisconsin and Illinois. Fuller wrote and Clarke illustrated the journey in the book Summer on the Lakes in 1843. Clarke exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. She died in 1896.

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External links

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images of Clarke's art
on ArtNet
selection of Clarke's letters and a sketch
Digital Commonwealth, Massachusetts Collections Online {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Sarah Anne Freeman 1808 births 1896 deaths 19th-century American women artists Artists from Massachusetts