Katherine Linn Sage , usually known as Kay Sage, was an American Surrealist artist and poet. Sage was born in Albany, New York, into a wealthy family that had made its money in the timber industry. Her father, Henry Manning Sage, was a state assemblyman at the time of her birth and later became a state senator. Her mother was Anne Wheeler Ward Sage. Sage had one slightly older sister, also called Anne. Anne Wheeler Ward Sage, a free spirit with an unquenchable wanderlust, left her husband and older daughter soon after Katherine’s birth to live and travel in Europe with Katherine as her... companion. She and Henry Sage divorced in 1908, but Henry Sage continued to support his ex-wife and younger daughter, and Katherine visited him and his new wife in Albany from time to time and wrote him frequent letters. Katherine and her mother established a home in Rapallo, Italy, but visited many other places as well, including Paris. Katherine became fluent in French and Italian as well as English, speaking colloquial versions of these languages that she learned from the servants who helped to raise her.
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| Birthdate: | June 25, 1898 |
| Birthplace: | Albany, New York |
| Date of death: | January 8, 1963 |