Annie Vaughan Weaver
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Brief Biography
Annie Vaughan Weaver grew up on her family’s plantation in Selma, Alabama. She graduated from Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, but decided not to become a missionary like she had initially planned. Instead, she wrote and illustrated children’s books to raise money for her to study art in New York. She studied at several art institutions, including the Cooper Union Art School and the National Academy of Design, and received fellowships to study Romanesque architecture in Europe. Weaver later taught at the Norton Gallery and School of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida, before resigning to focus on her sculpture. She eventually transformed the Norton estate into a sculpture garden. Upon her passing in 1982, her ashes were interred in Selma.
Publications
Frawg. New York; Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1930.
Boochy's Wings. New York; Frederick A. Stokes, Company, 1931.
Pappy King. New York; Frederick A. Stokes, 1932.
Boochy's Wings. New York; Frederick A. Stokes, Company, 1931.
Pappy King. New York; Frederick A. Stokes, 1932.
Themes
Annie Vaughan Weaver wrote and illustrated children's books in order to earn enough money to study art in New York. Because her books are based on plantation stories, they extensively use Black dialect.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
Collection
Citation
Weaver, Annie Vaughan, “Annie Vaughan Weaver,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/671.