Background
Born in Hartford, White passed up his father’s profession in favor of a career as a noted painter, writer and art teacher. White’s principal mentor was Dwight Tryon with whom he began studying at age fourteen and whose authorized biography he completed in 1930. From age thirty until his death more than sixty years later, White lived and painted at least part of the year in Waterford, Connecticut. He was an original member of the art colony at Old Lyme from 1903 to 1907, where he met and made friends with many of the leading American Impressionists.
Father of Nelson Cooke White, and grandfather of Nelson Holbrook White.
Writings
“During the years from 1928 to 1938 my interests and activities were mostly concerned with our domestic life at Waterford in addition to our acquisition and use of the yawl and the building of a new house at Shelter Island. My three grandsons were born during that decade… From their earliest years their father and I have educated them in the practice and enjoyment of our sports and recreation in the summer, of sailing and fishing…”
Memoirs of Henry C. White
Exhibitions
Visions of Mood: Henry C. White Pastels Learn more
Florence Griswold Museum
April 18-July 12, 2009