About Winifred Smith Rieber
Lived 1872 – 1963 (aged 90–91). Winifred Smith Rieber was an American painter and artist.
Winifred Smith Rieber (January 22, 1872 – January 25, 1963) was an American artist known for her portraits.
Rieber (née Smith) was born on January 22, 1872, in Carson City, Nevada. and at the Boston School of Fine Arts.
Notable subjects she portrayed include William Carey Jones, William James, George Herbert Palmer, and Josiah Royce. She also created portraits of Wesley Clair Mitchell and Franz Boas.
In 1890, she married the educator and philosopher Charles H. Rieber (1866–1948). The couple had several children including the geophysicist Frank Rieber and the artist and writer Dorothy Rieber Joralemon.
Rieber died on January 25, 1963, aged 91, in Sonoma, California.
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American artist (1872–1963)
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Winifred Smith Rieber was born in 1872 in Carson City.
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Winifred Smith Rieber died in 1963 in Sonoma.
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Winifred Smith Rieber was a painter and artist.
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