Background
She was born in Boston to a Quaker family. Harriett Hallowell was born in Boston on June 15, 1873. Her father was architect Lewis Morris Hallowell (1844–1909) and her mother was Harriet Hawley Hallowell.
She was born in Boston to a Quaker family. Harriett Hallowell was born in Boston on June 15, 1873. Her father was architect Lewis Morris Hallowell (1844–1909) and her mother was Harriet Hawley Hallowell.
During World War I she remained in France and volunteered at a hospital. Because of her war relief efforts on behalf of the French and Allied soldiers, the French government awarded her the Légion d"honneur in 1930. Harriet had a brother born in 1871, George Hawley Hallowell who was an artist.
United States
Hallowell, known for her work as a miniature painter, may have had her work exhibited in Boston in 1893 before her departure for France in 1894.
France
Hallowell worked as an artist and had a studio in Paris. The Hallowells may have taken the Moret-sur-Loing house by or about 1900, because the painting she sent to the Art Institute of Chicago in 1901 bears that address.
She exhibited Near Fountainbleu at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 1901. They established a center in their home for crocheting clothing for soldiers and refugees.
Injured soldiers and local residents assisted in making the clothing.
The French government honored her with the Croix d"Honneur for her war work in 1930. Harriet Hallowell"s aunt Sara died in July 1924 and she inherited her aunt"s estate. She continued to paint and remained active with the Paris chapter of the American Artists Professional League.
She exhibited her work with the American Women"s Club of Paris and at the annual Salon.
Beginning in 1933, Hallowell erxperienced financial difficulties due to the devaluing of her French stocks and the Depression, which became "desperate" during World World War World War II As Germans troops the area, she needed to move often to avoid them. She rejected offers from her relatives in the United States to leave France.
Hallowell died of congestion in 1943 in her Moret home. American Artists Professional League, Paris Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution.