Clarence H. White - Lady in Black with Statuette, 1908
Maker: Clarence H. White (1871-1925)
Born: USA
Active: USA
Medium: photogravure
Size: 7 1/2 in × 5 1/4 in
Location:
Object No. 2018.231
Shelf: C-5
Publication: Camera Work, July 1908
Anne McCauley, Clarence H. White and his World, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 2018, pg 51
Helmut Gernsheim, Creative Photography, Bonanza Books, New York, 1962, pg 143
Other Collections:
Provenance: Frank T. Hughes
Rank: 207
Notes: Clarence Hudson White (April 8, 1871 – July 7, 1925) was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. He grew up in small towns in Ohio, where his primary influences were his family and the social life of rural America. After visiting the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, he took up photography. Although he was completely self-taught in the medium, within a few years he was internationally known for his pictorial photographs that captured the spirit and sentimentality of America in the early twentieth century. As he became well known for his images, White was sought out by other photographers who often traveled to Ohio to learn from him. He became friends with Alfred Stieglitz and helped advance the cause of photography as a true art form. In 1906 White and his family moved to New York City in order to be closer to Stieglitz and his circle and to further promote his own work. While there he became interested in teaching photography and in 1914 he established the Clarence H. White School of Photography, the first educational institution in America to teach photography as art. Due to the demands of his teaching duties, his own photography declined and White produced little new work during the last decade of his life. In 1925 he suffered a heart attack and died while teaching students in Mexico City.
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Clarence H. White - Lady in Black with Statuette, 1908
Maker: Clarence H. White (1871-1925)
Born: USA
Active: USA
Medium: photogravure
Size: 7 1/2 in × 5 1/4 in
Location:
Object No. 2018.231
Shelf: C-5
Publication: Camera Work, July 1908
Anne McCauley, Clarence H. White and his World, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 2018, pg 51
Helmut Gernsheim, Creative Photography, Bonanza Books, New York, 1962, pg 143
Other Collections:
Provenance: Frank T. Hughes
Rank: 207
Notes: Clarence Hudson White (April 8, 1871 – July 7, 1925) was an American photographer, teacher and a founding member of the Photo-Secession movement. He grew up in small towns in Ohio, where his primary influences were his family and the social life of rural America. After visiting the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, he took up photography. Although he was completely self-taught in the medium, within a few years he was internationally known for his pictorial photographs that captured the spirit and sentimentality of America in the early twentieth century. As he became well known for his images, White was sought out by other photographers who often traveled to Ohio to learn from him. He became friends with Alfred Stieglitz and helped advance the cause of photography as a true art form. In 1906 White and his family moved to New York City in order to be closer to Stieglitz and his circle and to further promote his own work. While there he became interested in teaching photography and in 1914 he established the Clarence H. White School of Photography, the first educational institution in America to teach photography as art. Due to the demands of his teaching duties, his own photography declined and White produced little new work during the last decade of his life. In 1925 he suffered a heart attack and died while teaching students in Mexico City.
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For information about reproducing this image, visit: THE HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE