Laura Wheeler Waring
(1887–1948) African American painter (1887-1948)
Laura Wheeler Waring (USA, 1887–1948) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Laura Wheeler Waring belongs to the chapter ‘The interwar years’ in this site’s history of art.
Laura Wheeler Waring was born in Hartford and died in Philadelphia. Laura Wheeler Waring trained at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, and Hartford Public High School. Laura Wheeler Waring worked in Paris and Philadelphia. Wikidata associates Laura Wheeler Waring with Harlem Renaissance. Laura Wheeler Waring became a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha. The awards include William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes, Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame, and Cresson Traveling Scholarship.
The best-known works include ‘Anna Washington Derry’, ‘Marian Anderson’, and ‘James Weldon Johnson’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and landscape painting. The catalogue has 6 works by Laura Wheeler Waring with free images. The dated works span the years 1927–1948. Works by Laura Wheeler Waring are held by National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include István Farkas, Anselmo Bucci, Axel Revold, Estella Canziani, and Herman Rosse.