Orrin A White (1883-1969)
Born: Hanover, Illinois 1883 Died: Pasadena, California
1969 White graduated with a B.S. degree from the University of Notre Dame. Following a brief career as an assistant professor of chemistry at Portland University, White attended the Philadelphia School of Applied Arts specializing in the study of textile design. White then moved to New York where he worked for a year as a textile designer, then returned to Hanover, Illinois continuing his work in textile design at his father’s woolen mill.
White moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1914 to work with an interior design firm. He was painting in his leisure time until 1915, when his works was accepted for the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, California, where he won a silver and a bronze award. During service in World War One, White was commissioned in the Engineering Corps, and became a pioneer experimenter in camouflage work.
After the war he established a successful studio in Pasadena, California, teaching and painting landscapes. White made a number of trips to Mexico where he captured on canvas daily life and local architecture. White achieved world wide renown for his decorative landscapes.
White’s work is represented in the Los Angeles County Museum, the Montclair Museum, the State Museum at Springfield, Illinois and many other places. White continued to win prizes including the Chicago Galleries Association prize and the McBride landscape prize of the Pasadena Institute. White was a charter member of the Pasadena Society of Artists.
[Information excerpted from www.kargesfineart.com and an unidentified biographical listing and the Pasadena Community Book 1943] |
