Annie W. S. Siebert

Annie W. S. Siebert
Born
Anne Ware Sabine

1864 (1864)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
DiedNovember 7, 1947(1947-11-07) (aged 82–83)
Columbus, Ohio
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
Known forPainting
Spouse
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(m. 1893)​
RelativesWallace Clement Sabine (brother)
Portrait of Thomas Corwin Mendenhall in the National Portrait Gallery by Annie W. S. Siebert

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 an architecture degree in 1888.[3][5] 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.[6]

Some of her subjects included:[3]

Personal life

On August 16, 1893,[7] she married Wilbur Henry Siebert.[3][5][citation needed] 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.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Annie Ware Sabine Siebert". AskArt. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b Ohio State University Monthly. Ohio State University Alumni Association. 1923. p. 55.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h "Services for Mrs. Siebert". Marysville Journal-Tribune. Marysville, Ohio. November 10, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved February 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Hylas Sabine Dead". The Boston Globe. 1910-07-25. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-08-14 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  5. ^ a b c d e "Annie W. S. Siebert". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Wilbur Henry Siebert and Anna Ware Sabine, 1893". FamilySearch. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  8. ^ Herrick, John H. (10 August 2009). "Siebert Hall". Knowledge Bank. The Ohio State University - University Libraries. hdl:1811/38675. Retrieved 20 July 2020.