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 (7 items)

Adolphe Mouilleron, Stephen James Ferris, Devil's Way, Algiers, 1879, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.179
Devil’s Way, Algiers
Date1879
etching
Not on view
Stephen James Ferris, W.S. Baker, Esq., 1882, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.178
W.S. Baker, Esq.
Date1882
etching
Not on view
Stephen James Ferris, Musician and Dog, 1893, etching, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the National Museum of American History, Division of Graphic Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1971.180
Musician and Dog
Date1893
etching
Not on view