John White (18 September 1851 - 21 December 1933) was a Scottish painter.[1][2]

Life

His father was Peter White (12 March 1822 - 12 March 1886), a plumber from Edinburgh. Peter and family moved to Australia, arriving there on 1 August 1858.

His mother was Alison Frier Wigton (8 March 1823 - 11 July 1903) from Edinburgh. Peter and Alison married on 24 February 1846 in Edinburgh.

John White was born in Edinburgh on 18 September 1851.[3]

He returned back to Scotland from Australia to study art at the Royal Scottish Academy from 1871.[4]

He married Emma Homewood Sanders (10 December 1856 - 1888) from Bletchingley in Surrey, England. They married on 19 September 1877 at St. James church in Shere, Surrey.

On the death of Emma, he married Rosetta Perry (4 February 1866 - 1943) from Branscombe in Devon, England. They married in 1889 in Honiton, Devon.

Art

Death

He died on 21 December 1933 in Axminster, Devon, England.

Works

References

  1. ^ The Dictionary of Scottish Painters. 1600 to the present. Paul Harris and Julian Halsby. Canongate Publishing. 1990.
  2. ^ Dictionary of Scottish Art and Architecture. Peter J. M. McEwan. Antique Collectors Club. 1994.
  3. ^ https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/person/tree/52089169/person/230133862668/facts
  4. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000452/18751203/006/0002


Category:1851 births
Category:1933 deaths
Category:Scottish male painters

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