Artist

Laura Wheeler Waring

born Hartford, CT 1887-died Philadelphia, PA 1948
Also known as
  • Laura W. Waring
Born
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Died
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Biography

Born in Connecticut, studied in Philadelphia and Paris, lived mostly in Pennsylvania. Artist, teacher whose paintings of distinguished African Americans are found in Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery, and the National Archives.

Charles Sullivan, ed American Beauties: Women in Art and Literature (New York: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., in association with National Museum of American Art, 1993)

Works by this artist (81 items)

East Baltimore Documentary Survey Project
Dateca. 1975
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Afternoon Break, St. Elizabeth's School, 1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Endowment for the Arts, 1983.63.1113, © 1975, George Jadowski
Afternoon Break, St. Elizabeth’s School
Date1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view
Linda Rich, Before the ground breaking ceremony for Santoni's market, 1977-1980, gelatin silver print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the East Baltimore Documentary Photography Project, 2020.68.3
Before the ground breaking ceremony for Santoni’s market
Date1977-1980
gelatin silver print
Not on view