Laura Wheeler Waring, American, 1887 to 1948, oil painting on canvas depicting a still life with blossoming flowers and plants. Signed lower right. Framed. Laura Wheeler Waring. Framed. Laura Wheeler Waring was an American artist and educator, most renowned for her realistic portraits, landscapes, still life, and well known African American portraitures she made during the Harlem Renaissance. She was one of the few African American artists in France, a turning point of her career and profession where she attained widespread attention, exhibited in Paris, won awards, and spent the next 30 years teaching art at Cheyney University in Pennsylvania. One of a kind artwork.