Amy Sawyer

Amy Sawyer (1863 – 1 October 1945) was a British painter, illustrator, and playwright in the Arts and Crafts movement. She lived most of her life in Ditchling, East Sussex, England.

Biography

Early life Amy Sawyer was born in 1863 in East Grinstead, West Sussex, the oldest of seven children of Charles Sawyer, a draper and grocer, and Eliza Blacklock Sawyer.

Career Her work incorporates folklore, mythology, fairies, and other fantastic themes, and is notable for its depiction of strong female characters. She exhibited her nude depiction of Psyche at the Salon des Beaux Arts in 1907. Few of her works are in public collections; one exception is Gentle Spring Brings her Garden Stuff to Market (1893), in the Russell-Cotes Museum in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Sawyer died on 1 October 1945 at her home in Ditchling.

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