diff --git a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
index 1c4187f2aafd2..dfb58f0edd127 100644
--- a/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
+++ b/pandas/core/arrays/arrow/array.py
@@ -63,6 +63,23 @@
 ArrowExtensionArrayT = TypeVar("ArrowExtensionArrayT", bound="ArrowExtensionArray")
 
 
+def to_pyarrow_type(
+    dtype: ArrowDtype | pa.DataType | Dtype | None,
+) -> pa.DataType | None:
+    """
+    Convert dtype to a pyarrow type instance.
+    """
+    if isinstance(dtype, ArrowDtype):
+        pa_dtype = dtype.pyarrow_dtype
+    elif isinstance(dtype, pa.DataType):
+        pa_dtype = dtype
+    elif dtype:
+        pa_dtype = pa.from_numpy_dtype(dtype)
+    else:
+        pa_dtype = None
+    return pa_dtype
+
+
 class ArrowExtensionArray(OpsMixin, ExtensionArray):
     """
     Base class for ExtensionArray backed by Arrow ChunkedArray.
@@ -89,13 +106,7 @@ def _from_sequence(cls, scalars, *, dtype: Dtype | None = None, copy=False):
         """
         Construct a new ExtensionArray from a sequence of scalars.
         """
-        if isinstance(dtype, ArrowDtype):
-            pa_dtype = dtype.pyarrow_dtype
-        elif dtype:
-            pa_dtype = pa.from_numpy_dtype(dtype)
-        else:
-            pa_dtype = None
-
+        pa_dtype = to_pyarrow_type(dtype)
         if isinstance(scalars, cls):
             data = scalars._data
             if pa_dtype:
@@ -113,7 +124,40 @@ def _from_sequence_of_strings(
         """
         Construct a new ExtensionArray from a sequence of strings.
         """
-        return cls._from_sequence(strings, dtype=dtype, copy=copy)
+        pa_type = to_pyarrow_type(dtype)
+        if pa.types.is_timestamp(pa_type):
+            from pandas.core.tools.datetimes import to_datetime
+
+            scalars = to_datetime(strings, errors="raise")
+        elif pa.types.is_date(pa_type):
+            from pandas.core.tools.datetimes import to_datetime
+
+            scalars = to_datetime(strings, errors="raise").date
+        elif pa.types.is_duration(pa_type):
+            from pandas.core.tools.timedeltas import to_timedelta
+
+            scalars = to_timedelta(strings, errors="raise")
+        elif pa.types.is_time(pa_type):
+            from pandas.core.tools.times import to_time
+
+            # "coerce" to allow "null times" (None) to not raise
+            scalars = to_time(strings, errors="coerce")
+        elif pa.types.is_boolean(pa_type):
+            from pandas.core.arrays import BooleanArray
+
+            scalars = BooleanArray._from_sequence_of_strings(strings).to_numpy()
+        elif (
+            pa.types.is_integer(pa_type)
+            or pa.types.is_floating(pa_type)
+            or pa.types.is_decimal(pa_type)
+        ):
+            from pandas.core.tools.numeric import to_numeric
+
+            scalars = to_numeric(strings, errors="raise")
+        else:
+            # Let pyarrow try to infer or raise
+            scalars = strings
+        return cls._from_sequence(scalars, dtype=pa_type, copy=copy)
 
     def __getitem__(self, item: PositionalIndexer):
         """Select a subset of self.
diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py b/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py
index 06ce6901effc7..5e2006811f6eb 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/test_arrow.py
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ def test_setitem_loc_iloc_slice(self, data, using_array_manager, request):
         if pa_version_under2p0 and tz not in (None, "UTC"):
             request.node.add_marker(
                 pytest.mark.xfail(
-                    reason=(f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}")
+                    reason=f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}"
                 )
             )
         elif using_array_manager and pa.types.is_duration(data.dtype.pyarrow_dtype):
@@ -728,7 +728,7 @@ def test_setitem_slice_array(self, data, request):
         if pa_version_under2p0 and tz not in (None, "UTC"):
             request.node.add_marker(
                 pytest.mark.xfail(
-                    reason=(f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}")
+                    reason=f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}"
                 )
             )
         super().test_setitem_slice_array(data)
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ def test_setitem_with_expansion_dataframe_column(
         if pa_version_under2p0 and tz not in (None, "UTC") and not is_null_slice:
             request.node.add_marker(
                 pytest.mark.xfail(
-                    reason=(f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}")
+                    reason=f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}"
                 )
             )
         elif (
@@ -780,7 +780,7 @@ def test_setitem_frame_2d_values(self, data, using_array_manager, request):
         if pa_version_under2p0 and tz not in (None, "UTC"):
             request.node.add_marker(
                 pytest.mark.xfail(
-                    reason=(f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}")
+                    reason=f"Not supported by pyarrow < 2.0 with timestamp type {tz}"
                 )
             )
         elif using_array_manager and pa.types.is_duration(data.dtype.pyarrow_dtype):
@@ -796,6 +796,24 @@ def test_setitem_preserves_views(self, data):
         super().test_setitem_preserves_views(data)
 
 
+class TestBaseParsing(base.BaseParsingTests):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("engine", ["c", "python"])
+    def test_EA_types(self, engine, data, request):
+        pa_dtype = data.dtype.pyarrow_dtype
+        if pa.types.is_boolean(pa_dtype):
+            request.node.add_marker(
+                pytest.mark.xfail(raises=TypeError, reason="GH 47534")
+            )
+        elif pa.types.is_timestamp(pa_dtype) and pa_dtype.tz is not None:
+            request.node.add_marker(
+                pytest.mark.xfail(
+                    raises=NotImplementedError,
+                    reason=f"Parameterized types with tz={pa_dtype.tz} not supported.",
+                )
+            )
+        super().test_EA_types(engine, data)
+
+
 def test_arrowdtype_construct_from_string_type_with_unsupported_parameters():
     with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError, match="Passing pyarrow type"):
         ArrowDtype.construct_from_string("timestamp[s, tz=UTC][pyarrow]")