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

Early life

Annie Sabine was born in 1864 in

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to Hylas Sabine, a politician, and Annie Ware Sabine. She grew up in

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and

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. Her brother was

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. She studied at the

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, where she earned her first degree in 1884 and was the first woman to earn a

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degree in 1886. She went on study at the

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, where she was the first woman to earn an architecture degree in 1888. She also studied art at

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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. Some of her subjects included: *

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* William Scarlett * S.C. Derby

Personal life

On August 16, 1893, she married Wilbur Henry Siebert. She had a foster son, John F. Marshall, and a foster daughter, Mrs. Willie L. Howie. She died on November 7, 1947 at the

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of a

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Legacy

In 1958 a women's residence hall at Ohio State University was named "Siebert Hall" in her honor.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siebert, Annie W. S. 1864 births 1947 deaths 19th-century American women artists 20th-century American women artists Artists from Cambridge, Massachusetts Artists from Massachusetts Ohio State University alumni MIT School of Architecture and Planning alumni Harvard University alumni