Emily Sartain

Emily Sartain (Maris 17,1841 - Yuni 17,1927) yar Amurka ce mai zane da zane.Ita ce mace ta farko a Turai da Amurka da ta fara aikin zane-zane na mezzoint,kuma mace daya tilo da ta samu lambar zinare a bikin baje kolin duniya na 1876 a Philadelphia.Sartain ya zama mashahurin malamin fasaha na ƙasa kuma shine darektan Makarantar Tsara ta Philadelphia na Mata daga 1866 zuwa 1920. Mahaifinta, John Sartain,da 'yan'uwanta uku, William,Henry da Samuel sun kasance masu fasaha. Kafin ta shiga Kwalejin Ilimin Fasaha ta Pennsylvania kuma ta yi karatu a ƙasashen waje,mahaifinta ya kai ta babban yawon shakatawa na Turai.Ta taimaka wajen samo Ƙungiyar Ƙarni na Sabuwar Ƙarni don mata masu aiki da ƙwararrun mata,da ƙwararrun kulake na fasaha na mata,The Plastic Club da The Three Arts Club.

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An haifi Emily Sartain a Philadelphia,Pennsylvania a ranar 17 ga Maris,1841. Ita ce ta biyar cikin yara takwasna babban firinta na Philadelphia kuma mawallafin Mujallar Sartain John Sartainda Susannah Longmate Swaine Sartain.

A cikin 1858,Sartain ya sauke karatu daga Makarantar Al'ada ta Philadelphia sannan ya koyar da makaranta har zuwa lokacin rani na 1862.John Sartain ya koyar da 'yarsa fasaha,gami da fasahar zane-zane na mezzointwanda ya farfado,wanda shine tsari mai fifiko a Ingila wanda ya haifar da ingantattun zane-zane.John Sartain ya gaskanta da damammaki ga mata kuma ya karfafa 'yarsa ta ci gaba da sana'a.Ya ba da jinginar gidansakuma ya ba ta "ilimin ɗan adam"a cikin zane-zane mai kyau ta hanyar kai ta babban balaguron balaguron Turai a farkon bazara na 1862.Sun fara a Montreal da Quebec sannan suka tashi zuwa Turai.Ta ji daɗin ƙauyen Ingila; tsoffin biranen duniya,musamman Florence da Edinburgh ;
Louvre; Hotunan Renaissance na Italiya; da masu fasaha kamar Dante da mai zane Elena Perfetti.  Ta yi tafiya zuwa Venice don ziyartar William Dean Howells da matarsa Elinor Mead Howells, wanda ya kasance mai zane. Sartain ta yanke shawarar a cikin tafiyar tafiya cewa tana so ta zama mai fasaha.  A cikin tafiye-tafiyensu Sartains sun sami labarin cewa William Sartain ya shiga cikin yakin basasa (1861-1865) kuma daga baya cikin gaggawa ya koma Amurka lokacin da John da Emily suka sami labarin cewa Sojojin Amurka na Confederate sun ketare zuwa Chambersburg, Pennsylvania,  wanda shine. 158 mil yamma da Philadelphia.