Orrin Augustine White

Orrin Augustine White (1883 - 1969) was an American painter. His studio was in Pasadena, California.

Orrin Augustine White
Born1883
Hanover, Illinois, U.S.
Died1969
Alma materUniversity of Notre Dame
OccupationPainter

Life

White was born in 1883 in Hanover, Illinois.[1] He graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1902.[1][2] He was an assistant professor of Chemistry at the University of Portland in Oregon.[1]

White began his artistic career as a textile designer until he became an interior designer in Los Angeles in 1906, and he took up painting in 1912.[1] Two of his paintings were exhibited at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915.[2] He served in World War I, and he later opened a studio in Pasadena.[2] He was on the advisory council of the South Pasadena chapter of the National Society of Arts and Letters.[3]

White died in 1969.[1] His work was exhibited by the South Pasadena chapter of the NSAL shortly after his death, and they set up the Orrin White Scholarship Fund in his memory.[3] One of his paintings in the permanent collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[2]

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References
  1. Ungermann-Marshall, Yana (2008). Flintridge. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. p. 63. ISBN 9780738555850. OCLC 177000610.
  2. "Orrin Augustine White". LACMA. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  3. "Society of Arts & Letters Plan Tea on May 13 at Exhibit". South Pasadena Review. May 12, 1969. p. 5. Retrieved July 11, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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