ARTIST: Henry Cooke White (Connecticut, 1861 - 1952)
TITLE: Still Life with Basket of Rose
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Two patches. Minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 16 x 22 inches / 40 x 55 cm
FRAME SIZE: 23 x 29 inches / 58 x 73 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
ATTENTION: This lot is located at our Mamaroneck, NY office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 131183
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BIOGRAPHY:
Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Henry White studied at the Art Students League in New York with Kenyon Cox and George DeForest Brush. He became a leading impressionist landscape painter in Hartford, Connecticut during the turn of the century. From 1896 to 1897, he traveled in Europe including England, France, Italy, and Holland.He had a passion for sailing which led to his association with the Old Lyme Art Colony from 1903 to 1921. He also had a home on Shelter Island because of his friendship with artist and sailor Edward A Bell.Many of White's subjects were fishing towns of Shelter Island's North Fork. He wrote a book titled "Life and Art of Dwight William Tryon," published 1930.