Laura Wheeler Waring
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Laura Wheeler Waring 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.
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Robert Nathaniel DettAlso won William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
Joan A. SteitzAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Barbara FranklinAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame
Harry T. BurleighAlso won William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
William H. JohnsonAlso won William E. Harmon Foundation award for distinguished achievement among Negroes
Lillian VernonAlso won Connecticut Women's Hall of FameAbout this person
Laura Wheeler Waring 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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