Portrait of a Lady, 1947
Artist in the Global Art Registry
Laura Wheeler Waring
1887–1948 · American
- Born
- 1887 · Hartford
- Died
- 1948 · Philadelphia
4 works in the Collect24 Registry
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Laura Wheeler Waring was an African-American artist and educator, renowned for her realistic portraits, landscapes, still-life, and African American portraitures made during the Harlem Renaissance. She was one of few African American artists in France, where she gained attention, exhibited, won awards, and spent 30 years teaching art at Cheyney University.
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Laura Wheeler Waring (May 26, 1887 – February 3, 1948) was an African-American artist and educator, most renowned for her realistic portraits, landscapes, still-life, and well-known African American portraitures she made during the Harlem Renaissance. She was one of the few African American artists in France, a turning point of her career and profession where she attained widespread attention, exhibited in Paris, won awards, and spent the next 30 years teaching art at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania.
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Selected registered works by Laura Wheeler Waring
Selected from 4 works by Laura Wheeler Waring in the Collect24 Registry.
Laura Wheeler Waring
Portrait of a Lady, 1947
oil on canvas
76.1 × 63.8 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-139575
Laura Wheeler Waring
Anna Washington Derry, 1927
oil on canvas
50.8 × 40.5 cm
Smithsonian American Art Museum
C24-139568
Laura Wheeler Waring
George E. Haynes, c. 1948
Oil on canvas
81.1 × 63.7 × 2 cm
National Portrait Gallery
C24-121773
Laura Wheeler Waring
Alice Dunbar Nelson, 1927
Oil on canvas
62.4 × 51.4 cm
National Portrait Gallery
C24-122384
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- National Portrait Gallery
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
2 works
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