Annie W. S. Siebert

Annie Ware Sabine Siebert (1864-1947) was an American painter known for her miniature paintings.[1]

Annie W. S. Siebert
Born1864 (1864)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Died1947 (aged 82–83)
Columbus, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)
Wilbur Henry Siebert
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(m. 1864)​
Portrait of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall in the National Portrait Gallery by Annie W. S. Siebert

Biography

Siebert née Sabine was born in 1864 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She studied at the Ohio State University, where she was the first woman to earn a master of arts degree. She went on study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was the first woman to earn an architecture degree. She also studied art at Harvard University.[2] She was a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters and exhibited her work at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair.[3]

In 1896 she married Wilbur Henry Siebert (1866-1961). She died in 1947 in Columbus, Ohio.[2]

Legacy

In 1958 a women's residence hall at Ohio State University was named "Siebert Hall" in her honor.[4]

References
  1. "Annie Ware Sabine Siebert". AskArt. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. "Annie W. S. Siebert". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  3. "Catalogue of an exhibition of miniature paintings by living artists : a Century of Progress, General Exhibits Building, Graphic Arts Pavilion" (PDF). The University of Chicago Library. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  4. Herrick, John H. (10 August 2009). "Siebert Hall". Knowledge Bank. The Ohio State University - University Libraries. hdl:1811/38675. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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