biografia di Orrin Augustine WHITE (1883-1969)

Birth place: Hanover, IL

Death place: Pasadena, CA

Addresses: Pasadena, CA, since 1923

Profession: Landscape painter

Studied: Notre Dame Univ., 1902; Phila. Sch. Applied Art, 1906

Exhibited: Panama-Calif. Expo, San Diego, 1915 (silver medal); Battey Gal., Pasadena, 1916 (solo); Stendahl Gal., Los Angeles; Calif. AC, 1921 (Huntington prize); GGE, 1939; LACMA, 1940 (solo); AIC.

Member: Calif. AC; Acad. Western Painters

Work: LACMA; State Mus., Springfield, IL; Montclair Mus.; CMA

Comments: Best known for his Calif. landscapes, particularly Monterey oaks and eucalyptus trees. Painted camouflage during WWI.

Sources: WW40; Hughes, Artists in California, 601; P&H Samuels, 525.