Kathleen Honora Greatorex | |
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Born | Kathleen Honora Greatorex 1851 Hoboken, New Jersey |
Died | 1942 |
Nationality | American |
Known for | Painting |
Kathleen Honora Greatorex (September 10, 1851[1]–1942) American painter and illustrator born in Hoboken, New Jersey, known for her still life and flower paintings.
Her mother, Eliza Pratt Greatorex was a well known painter and printmaker associated with the Hudson River School while her father, Henry Wellington Greatorex, was a respected musician. Throughout her career she worked closely with her mother and sister. Following the murder of her brother Thomas Anthony Greatorex in Colorado in 1881, the Greatorex women left New York City and moved to Moret-sur-Loing, in the Ile de France. During the final years of his life, noted Impressionist painter Alfred Sisley, resident of Moret, developed a close friendship with Kathleen Greatorex. Following the death of her sister Eleanor Elizabeth Greatorex (1854-1908) Kathleen sold a portion of her property to American art-dealer and critic Sarah Tyson Hallowell, whose niece Harriett Hallowell was named as Kathleen's sole heir when Greatorex died of old age (91) on May 6, 1942 at 3 Place de Samois in Moret-sur-Loing.