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- NAME: Laura Wheeler Waring
- OCCUPATION: Educator, Painter
- BIRTH DATE: May 16, 1887
- DEATH DATE: February 03, 1948
- EDUCATION: Hartford High School, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Hartford, Connecticut
- PLACE OF DEATH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Originally: Laura Wheeler
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Laura Wheeler Waring was an African-American painter who founded and taught in the art and music departments at Cheyney University.
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Laura Wheeler Waring was born May 16, 1887 in Hartford, Connecticut. She founded and taught in the art and music departments at the State Normal School at Cheyney outside of Philadelphia, where she remained for more than 30 years. While supporting herself as a teacher, she also painted. Waring received acclaim as a portrait artist but created landscapes and still life paintings as well.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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