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Edith White BIOGRAPHY
1855 Decorah, Iowa - 1946 Berkeley, California. Known for: Still life-roses, landscape and portrait painting.
Born near Decorah, IA on March 20, 1855, Edith White, at age four, came across the plains with her family in an ox-drawn wagon. Upon arriving in California, they settled in a mining camp in Nevada... Read full biography
Born near Decorah, IA on March 20, 1855, Edith White, at age four, came across the plains with her family in an ox-drawn wagon. Upon arriving in California, they settled in a mining camp in Nevada County. After graduation from Mills College in Oakland in 1874, she studied art at the School of... Read full biography
Born near Decorah, IA on March 20, 1855, Edith White, at age four, came across the plains with her family in an ox-drawn wagon. Upon arriving in California, they settled in a mining camp in Nevada County. After graduation from Mills College in Oakland in 1874, she studied art at the School of Design in San Francisco under Virgil Williams and later at the ASL in NYC. In 1882 she established her first studio in Los Angeles and after 1892 lived in Pasadena with a studio in the Green Hotel. While... Read full biography
Born near Decorah, IA on March 20, 1855, Edith White, at age four, came across the plains with her family in an ox-drawn wagon. Upon arriving in California, they settled in a mining camp in Nevada County. After graduation from Mills College in Oakland in 1874, she studied art at the School of Design in San Francisco under Virgil Williams and later at the ASL in NYC. In 1882 she established her first studio in Los Angeles and after 1892 lived in Pasadena with a studio in the Green Hotel. While there she was a cofounder of the local art association in 1896. As a member of the Theosophical Society, in 1902 she moved south to Point Loma and taught art at the Raja Yoga Academy. By 1930 she had returned to northern California and established a... Read full biography
Born near Decorah, IA on March 20, 1855, Edith White, at age four, came across the plains with her family in an ox-drawn wagon. Upon arriving in California, they settled in a mining camp in Nevada County. After graduation from Mills College in Oakland in 1874, she studied art at the School of Design in San Francisco under Virgil Williams and later at the ASL in NYC. In 1882 she established her first studio in Los Angeles and after 1892 lived in Pasadena with a studio in the Green Hotel. While there she was a cofounder of the local art association in 1896. As a member of the Theosophical Society, in 1902 she moved south to Point Loma and taught art at the Raja Yoga Academy. By 1930 she had returned to northern California and established a home in Berkeley at 2801 Russell Street. At her studio there she continued to teach and paint into her old age. "Artists in California, 1786-1940".... Read full biography
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Born near Decorah, IA on March 20, 1855, Edith White, at age four, came across the plains with her family in an ox-drawn wagon. Upon arriving in California, they settled in a mining camp in Nevada County. After graduation from Mills College in Oakland in 1874, she studied art at the School of Design in San Francisco under Virgil Williams and later at the ASL in NYC. In 1882 she established her first studio in Los Angeles and after 1892 lived in Pasadena with a studio in the Green Hotel. While there she was a cofounder of the local art association in 1896. As a member of the Theosophical Society, in 1902 she moved south to Point Loma and taught art at the Raja Yoga Academy. By 1930 she had returned to northern California and established a home in Berkeley at 2801 Russell Street. At her studio there she continued to teach and paint into her old age.
Unmarried, White died in Berkeley on Jan. 19, 1946. Her oeuvre includes portraits, floral still lifes, missions, and landscapes with flowers.
Exhibitions:
Sanborn & Vail Gallery (LA), 1890; San Francisco Art Association, 1890, 1896; Byrson Bldg (LA), 1891; Calif. State Fair, 1892-99; Calif. Midwinter Fair (SF), 1893; Chamber of Commerce (LA), 1894; Calif. Midwinter Int'l Expo, 1894; Arcade Sketch Club, 1894-97; Pasadena AA (founder), 1894-97; Pasadena Art Union, 1896; Denver Artists' Club, 1898; Ruskin Art Club (LA), 1902-04; Shakespeare Club (LA), 1906; Fine Arts League (LA), 1909.
Collections:
San Diego Historical Society; Santa Fe Railway; Mills College (Oakland); Mt Holyoke College; Denver Public Library; CHS.Biography from William A. Karges Fine Art - Carmel
Edith White was born in Decorah, Iowa, in 1855, and with her family was an early settler in California, arriving in 1859. White studied at Mills College in Oakland, the School of Design in San Francisco, and the Art Students League in New York.
She was a native member of the southern California art community, establishing studios in Los Angeles and Pasadena. In her later years she moved to Berkeley, California, where she remained an active artist until her death in 1946.
She is best remembered for her decorative landscapes and floral still lifes.