Annie W. S. Siebert Explained

Annie W. S. Siebert
Birth Name:Anne Ware Sabine
Birth Place:Cambridge, Massachusetts
Death Place:Columbus, Ohio
Nationality:American
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Relations:Wallace Clement Sabine (brother)

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] 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Annie Ware Sabine Siebert . AskArt . 20 July 2020.
  2. Book: [{{Google books|CSXOAAAAMAAJ|page=55|plainurl=yes}} Ohio State University Monthly ]. 1923 . Ohio State University Alumni Association . 55.
  3. Web site: Services for Mrs. Siebert . November 10, 1947 . Marysville Journal-Tribune . Marysville, Ohio . 6 . . February 11, 2021.
  4. News: Hylas Sabine Dead . 1910-07-25 . . 5 . 2022-08-14 . Newspapers.com.
  5. Web site: Annie W. S. Siebert . Smithsonian American Art Museum . 20 July 2020.
  6. Web site: Catalogue of an exhibition of miniature paintings by living artists : a Century of Progress, General Exhibits Building, Graphic Arts Pavilion . The University of Chicago Library . 20 July 2020.
  7. Web site: Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016, Wilbur Henry Siebert and Anna Ware Sabine, 1893. FamilySearch. 8 March 2022.
  8. Herrick . John H. . Siebert Hall . Knowledge Bank . The Ohio State University - University Libraries . 20 July 2020 . 10 August 2009. 1811/38675 .