Annie W. S. Siebert
Annie W. S. Siebert | |
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| Born | Anne Ware Sabine 1864 |
| Died | November 7, 1947 (aged 82–83) |
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| Known for | Painting |
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| Relatives | Wallace Clement Sabine (brother) |
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Annie Ware Sabine Siebert (1864-1947) was an American painter known for her miniature paintings.[1]
Early life
Annie Sabine was born in 1864 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Hylas Sabine, a politician, and Annie Ware Sabine.[2][3][4] She grew up in Marysville, Ohio, and Richwood, Ohio.[3] Her brother was Wallace Clement Sabine.[2]
She studied at the Ohio State University, where she earned her first degree in 1884 and was the first woman to earn a master of arts degree in 1886.[3][5] She went on study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she was the first woman to earn a physics degree in 1888.[3][6][7][8] She also studied art at Harvard University.[5]
Career
She was a member of the Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters and exhibited her work at the 1933 Century of Progress World's Fair.[9]
Some of her subjects included:[3]
- Charles W. Eliot
- Washington Gladden
- William Scarlett
- S.C. Derby
Personal life
On August 16, 1893,[10] she married Wilbur Henry Siebert.[3][5] She had a foster son, John F. Marshall, and a foster daughter, Mrs. Willie L. Howie.[3]
She died on November 7, 1947, at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, of a coronary occlusion.[5][3]
Legacy
In 1958 a women's residence hall at Ohio State University was named "Siebert Hall" in her honor.[11]
References
- ↑ "Annie Ware Sabine Siebert". AskArt. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- 1 2 Ohio State University Monthly. Ohio State University Alumni Association. 1923. p. 55.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Services for Mrs. Siebert". Marysville Journal-Tribune. Marysville, Ohio. November 10, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved February 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Hylas Sabine Dead". The Boston Globe. 1910-07-25. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-08-14 – via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 3 4 "Annie W. S. Siebert". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- ↑ Bever, Marilynn Arsey (1976). The women of M.I.T., 1871-1941 : who they were, what they achieved (BS thesis). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 42.
- ↑ Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1888). "Alphabetical List of Graduates". Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students, with a Statement of the Courses of Instruction, and a List of the Alumni. 24: 175.
- ↑ "Survey of women, completed forms, 1916". Association of MIT Alumnae records, Box: 3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Distinctive Collections.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Wilbur Henry Siebert and Anna Ware Sabine, 1893". FamilySearch. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ↑ Herrick, John H. (10 August 2009). "Siebert Hall". Knowledge Bank. The Ohio State University - University Libraries. hdl:1811/38675. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
External links
Media related to Annie W. S. Siebert at Wikimedia Commons