Whitney Knapp

"Sandy Breaker" oil painting of a crashing blue/green wave in the ocean

2023

The Italian Beaches are a common theme in Nelson White paintings . The title for this Italian Beach is The Yellow Umbrella . His paintings show his love for the outdoors and nature especially those locations in Italy. This is a painting of the beaches in Viareggio, Italy. The artist has a unique style that he developed in studying under the masters in Italy. The use of the palette knife is seen in many of his Italian landscape paintings. White's paintings are individualistic and unlike other other artists. White 's paintings have been shown in numerous galleries across the globe since the 1950s, from the United States ,Italy and Russia. White's first museum retrospective was in the New Britain Museum of American Art in July 2012. Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born. He received his earliest art instruction from his grandfather, Henry Cooke White (1861-1952) and his father Nelson Cooke White (1900-1989), both important American artists. The family lived in Waterford, Connecticut and the elder White had been an early member of the art colony in Old Lyme, Connecticut. Known for his paintings of the Connecticut landscape and shoreline, Henry Cooke White became a teacher to his son, Nelson Cooke White. Living with his parents at the Florence Griswold house in Old Lyme, he met some of the most important and influential artists of the day, Childe Hassam, Will Howe Foote...

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