Laura Wheeler Waring

Place: Hartford

Born: 1887

Death: 1948

Biography:

Laura Wheeler Waring (May 16, 1887 – February 3, 1948) was an African-American artist and educator, best known for her paintings of prominent African Americans which she made during the Harlem Renaissance. She taught art for more than 30 years at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania. Laura Wheeler was born on May 16, 1887 in Hartford, Connecticut, th...