death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date known_for image article_title name
03 february 1948 philadelphia , pennsylvania hartford , connecticut american 16 may 1877 painter laura wheeler waring.jpg laura wheeler waring
 laura wheeler waring
laura wheeler waring

laura wheeler waring -lrb- may 16 , 1887 -- february 3 , 1948 -rrb- 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 .
