Winifred Smith Rieber

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.^[1] She studied at the California School of Design,^[2] and at the Boston School of Fine Arts.^[1]

Notable subjects she portrayed include William Carey Jones,^[2] Arthur Shipley,^[3] William James, George Herbert Palmer, and Josiah Royce.^[4] She also created portraits of Wesley Clair Mitchell^[5] and Franz Boas.^[6]

In 1890, she married the educator and philosopher Charles H. Rieber (1866–1948).^[7] The couple had several children including the geophysicist Frank Rieber^[8] and the artist and writer Dorothy Rieber Joralemon.^[9]

Rieber died on January 25, 1963, aged 91, in Sonoma, California.^[1]