Portrait painter. Etcher, teacher. Born 1856 Washington D.C. Died 1944 Rochester, NY.

Addresses:: Washington D.C. 1876-1880,1895-1911 New York 1884-1895.

Studied : with Albert A. Baur, Weimar Art Academy, Germany, 1873-76; Munich Royal Academy with Carl Hoff and Ferdinand Keller, 1880-83; Wilhelm von Diez in Munich 1892.

Exhibited: Society Washington Artists, from 1891; Corcoran Gallery (prize for a "black and white"); Washington WCC, National Academy of Design, 1890; Brooklyn Art Association, 1884; Rochester. NY (prize)

Work: State of Georgia (portrait of Thomas Watson) Corcoran Gallery of Art; National Museum of American Art; George Washington University, ceiling of Library Of Congress Washington, DC

Comments: Son of engraver Selmar Seibert. He painted portraits of Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Watson (candidate for president in the Populist Party) and the last portrait of Thundercloud, the famous Blackfoot Indian Chief whose profile appears on the 5 cent Buffalo coin. Instructor drawing and painting, Artist Student League of Washington DC