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Laura Wheeler Waring
African American painter (1887-1948) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 60
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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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.
