Laura Wheeler Waring
Laura Wheeler Waring (1887-1948) was a successful and influential artist of the Harlem Renaissance. Waring was among the artists displayed in the country’s first all African American art exhibit in 1927. She was especially known for her portraits of exemplary African Americans. Her illustrations appear extensively throughout The Brownies Book. Waring worked as director of the art department at Pennsylvania's Cheyney State Teachers College until her death in 1948.
By the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, in conjunction with the Center for the Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis.