VHarris Writes

A long lost Laura Wheeler Waring watercolor that I authenticated two years ago is being restored for public exhibition.

“Dear Miss Wheeler, I am returning herewith one of the pictures which you made for Jessie Fauset’s story…. “ Laura’s work as an...

Is it your painting, Laura? “Dear Ms. Harris, My mother moved to a senior facility prior to passing away in 2016. In downsizing, some of her pictures were moved into a storage space, then to an empty room in my house following her passing. Now retired, I am finally going through the rest of my mother’s things. I believe this painting to be a Wheeler Waring. On the back of the frame was a taped “tag” that is so old that it fell off as I tried to view it. Any guidance you can

“Miss Laura Wheeler, a colored girl of Hartford, Conn., has been awarded a European Traveling Scholarship by the Pennsylvania Academy of...

While still in her teens, Laura Wheeler determined to leave Hartford for study at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, believing that if...

By the time she'd graduated from Hartford High School, Laura Wheeler had determined to become an artist. Her father was not pleased.