Important American history, genre and portrait painter.
His father was Cyrus White and his mother, Elvira. White was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts May 21, 1817; died Saratoga Springs, New York June 7, 1877. He was married to Harriet Hinman Allen in Connecticut after which he went to Paris, Düsseldorf, Rome, and Florence to study art and later taught at the National Academy of Design in New York. In addition to his studies under several different American and European painting masters. He also attended Amherst; where he received an A.M. by the end of 1856. Works by White are in the collections of Yale; the State of Maryland, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; New-York Historical Society.
A notable moment in White's career was in October, 1855, when he met painter Sanford Robinson Gifford in Paris and told Gifford that he was about to return to New York, was destitute, had no commissions, and might have to return to portrait painting. However, when White did return to his New York studio, he went to work on his Mayflower painting, which he sold off the easel for $1,000, and a new and successful stage of his career was launched. His famous painting of Washington resigning was painted on commission by the state of Maryland, for $6,000, when White had returned to Paris.
The Mayflower painting was the basis for a 5-cent stamp issued in 1920 as part of the Pilgrim Tercentenary.
Influential works
The Compact of the Mayflower 1855-56
Washington Resigning his Commission c. 1858
Pocahontas Informing John Smith of the Conspiracy of the Indians
Major Anderson Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter 1862.
Minor works
Fisher boy, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut. A sentimental genre subject of a boy and his dog.
**Bio compiled from Wikipedia, primary sources and genealogical records as White is a descendent of John White the Pilgrim.
His father was Cyrus White and his mother, Elvira. White was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts May 21, 1817; died Saratoga Springs, New York June 7, 1877. He was married to Harriet Hinman Allen in Connecticut after which he went to Paris, Düsseldorf, Rome, and Florence to study art and later taught at the National Academy of Design in New York. In addition to his studies under several different American and European painting masters. He also attended Amherst; where he received an A.M. by the end of 1856. Works by White are in the collections of Yale; the State of Maryland, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; New-York Historical Society.
A notable moment in White's career was in October, 1855, when he met painter Sanford Robinson Gifford in Paris and told Gifford that he was about to return to New York, was destitute, had no commissions, and might have to return to portrait painting. However, when White did return to his New York studio, he went to work on his Mayflower painting, which he sold off the easel for $1,000, and a new and successful stage of his career was launched. His famous painting of Washington resigning was painted on commission by the state of Maryland, for $6,000, when White had returned to Paris.
The Mayflower painting was the basis for a 5-cent stamp issued in 1920 as part of the Pilgrim Tercentenary.
Influential works
The Compact of the Mayflower 1855-56
Washington Resigning his Commission c. 1858
Pocahontas Informing John Smith of the Conspiracy of the Indians
Major Anderson Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter 1862.
Minor works
Fisher boy, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut. A sentimental genre subject of a boy and his dog.
**Bio compiled from Wikipedia, primary sources and genealogical records as White is a descendent of John White the Pilgrim.
Important American history, genre and portrait painter.
His father was Cyrus White and his mother, Elvira. White was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts May 21, 1817; died Saratoga Springs, New York June 7, 1877. He was married to Harriet Hinman Allen in Connecticut after which he went to Paris, Düsseldorf, Rome, and Florence to study art and later taught at the National Academy of Design in New York. In addition to his studies under several different American and European painting masters. He also attended Amherst; where he received an A.M. by the end of 1856. Works by White are in the collections of Yale; the State of Maryland, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; New-York Historical Society.
A notable moment in White's career was in October, 1855, when he met painter Sanford Robinson Gifford in Paris and told Gifford that he was about to return to New York, was destitute, had no commissions, and might have to return to portrait painting. However, when White did return to his New York studio, he went to work on his Mayflower painting, which he sold off the easel for $1,000, and a new and successful stage of his career was launched. His famous painting of Washington resigning was painted on commission by the state of Maryland, for $6,000, when White had returned to Paris.
The Mayflower painting was the basis for a 5-cent stamp issued in 1920 as part of the Pilgrim Tercentenary.
Influential works
The Compact of the Mayflower 1855-56
Washington Resigning his Commission c. 1858
Pocahontas Informing John Smith of the Conspiracy of the Indians
Major Anderson Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter 1862.
Minor works
Fisher boy, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut. A sentimental genre subject of a boy and his dog.
**Bio compiled from Wikipedia, primary sources and genealogical records as White is a descendent of John White the Pilgrim.
His father was Cyrus White and his mother, Elvira. White was born in South Hadley, Massachusetts May 21, 1817; died Saratoga Springs, New York June 7, 1877. He was married to Harriet Hinman Allen in Connecticut after which he went to Paris, Düsseldorf, Rome, and Florence to study art and later taught at the National Academy of Design in New York. In addition to his studies under several different American and European painting masters. He also attended Amherst; where he received an A.M. by the end of 1856. Works by White are in the collections of Yale; the State of Maryland, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; New-York Historical Society.
A notable moment in White's career was in October, 1855, when he met painter Sanford Robinson Gifford in Paris and told Gifford that he was about to return to New York, was destitute, had no commissions, and might have to return to portrait painting. However, when White did return to his New York studio, he went to work on his Mayflower painting, which he sold off the easel for $1,000, and a new and successful stage of his career was launched. His famous painting of Washington resigning was painted on commission by the state of Maryland, for $6,000, when White had returned to Paris.
The Mayflower painting was the basis for a 5-cent stamp issued in 1920 as part of the Pilgrim Tercentenary.
Influential works
The Compact of the Mayflower 1855-56
Washington Resigning his Commission c. 1858
Pocahontas Informing John Smith of the Conspiracy of the Indians
Major Anderson Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter 1862.
Minor works
Fisher boy, Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut. A sentimental genre subject of a boy and his dog.
**Bio compiled from Wikipedia, primary sources and genealogical records as White is a descendent of John White the Pilgrim.
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