Laura wheeler waring biography of donald

African-American artist and educator . Born in 1887 in Hartford, Connecticut; died on February 3, 1948; daughter of Robert Foster Wheeler (a minister) and Mary (Freeman) Wheeler ; attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris; married Walter E.

Waring.

Laura Wheeler Waring was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1887, into a progressive and prominent African-American family. Her father Robert Foster Wheeler graduated from Howard University's theology school and served as minister of the Talcott Street Congregational Church.

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Waring was a bright student and a gifted artist. Her early education in Hartford included Arsenal Grade School and the Hartford High School. Her artistic talents then drew her to Philadelphia where she enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in September 1906.

Displaying originality and mastery in her technique, Waring was awarded the Cresson Travel Scholars