Annie W. S. Siebert

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

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

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] 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. Ohio State University Monthly. Ohio State University Alumni Association. 1923. p. 55.
  3. "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
  5. "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.
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