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Girl in Pink Dress

Laura Wheeler WaringWW-1922-524394
1922·Oil on canvas·32 1/4 × 21 in. (81.9 × 53.3 cm)

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Florence and Herbert Irving, Ford Foundation and, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest Gifts, 2024

Catalogue

Year
1922
Dimensions
32 1/4 × 21 in. (81.9 × 53.3 cm)

Artist

Laura Wheeler Waring
Laura Wheeler Waring

Painting

Laura Wheeler Waring was an 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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Year
1922
Dimensions
32 1/4 × 21 in. (81.9 × 53.3 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1922-524394

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Artist

Laura Wheeler Waring

Laura Wheeler Waring

Painting

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