Harriet Osborne O'Hagan facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Harriet Osborne O'Hagan
|
|
|---|---|
,_Artist_and_her_Sister_P4045.jpg) |
|
| Born |
Harriet Osborne
1830 Dublin, Ireland
|
| Died | 1921 (aged 91) Paris, France
|
| Nationality | Irish |
Harriet Osborne O'Hagan (1830 – 1921) was a talented Irish artist. She was known for painting portraits of people. Harriet was born in Dublin, Ireland, and later moved to live and work in London and Paris.
Life Story of Harriet O'Hagan
Harriet Osborne was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1830. When she was young, she studied art with a teacher named George Sharp. Later, she moved to London. By 1854, she was using the name O'Hagan, but we don't know exactly when or where she got married.
Around 1866, Harriet moved to Paris, France. She was part of a group of artists there, including another Irish artist named Sarah Purser. Not much is known about Harriet's private life or her career during this time.
Harriet had a daughter named Marguerite Lemercier O'Hagan (1859 – c.1930). Marguerite also became an artist. Harriet lived the rest of her life in France and sadly wished she could return to Ireland. She passed away in Paris in 1921. Her grandson, Eugène Lemercier, was also an artist. His letters from wartime are now kept in the National Library of Ireland.
Harriet Osborne O'Hagan was buried in Montmartre Cemetery in Paris. She rests there with her daughter Eugenie-Anna and her son Maximilian.
Harriet O'Hagan's Art Career
Harriet first showed her art when she was nineteen years old. This was in 1849, at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin. She showed a lithograph, which is a type of print. In 1851, she displayed four portraits, including one of Richard D'Alton Williams.
Her teacher, George Sharp, encouraged her to study art abroad. So, Harriet lived in London for a while. In 1854, she showed her work at the Royal Academy of Arts under the name O'Hagan.
After moving to Paris in 1866, she continued her art studies with famous teachers like Thomas Couture, Léon Cogniet, and Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury. Harriet also taught art classes herself. Some people think she might have even started her own art school for women. Between 1866 and 1876, she mostly showed portraits at art exhibitions called "salons." One of these was a portrait of her daughter, titled Marguerite s'amuse.
In 1948, the National Gallery of Ireland (NGI) received some of Harriet O'Hagan's artwork. This included two oil paintings and four charcoal drawings. Three of the drawings are portraits, possibly of her sister Eugénie and her daughter Marguerite. The fourth drawing is a landscape called Farm in Normandy, made in 1880. The oil paintings are Maximilian O'Hagan and An Interior. Her painting An Interior was shown in a special exhibition at the NGI in 1984.
