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Winifred Smith Rieber (1872–1963) was an American artist known for her portraits.

Rieber (née Smith) was born on January 22, 1872, in Carson City, Nevada. She studied at the California School of Design, and at the Boston School of Fine Arts.

Notable subjects she portrayed include William Carey Jones, Arthur Shipley, 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, in Sonoma, California.

References

1. ^ "Winifred Rieber - Biography". AskArt. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
2. ^ "Deans and Prima Donnas". Berkeley Law. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
3. "Rieber, Winifred Smith, 1872–1963". Art UK. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
4. "The Three Philosophers: Josiah Royce, George Herbert Palmer and William James". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
5. "Wesley Clair Mitchell". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
6. "Dr. Franz Boas". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
7. "Charles Henry Rieber, Philosophy: Los Angeles". University of California: In Memoriam, 1948. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
8. Farr, John B. (1 May 2008). "Frank Rieber : Obscure genius (part 1)". The Leading Edge. pp. 613–618. doi:10.1190/1.2919579. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
9. Joralemon, Dorothy Rieber. "Too Many Philosophers". American Heritage. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

• 1872 births
• 1963 deaths
• People from Carson City, Nevada
• 20th-century American women painters