Clarence Hudson White 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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Works in Collection
66 works
A Study in Gum
Clarence H. White
1900
A study for Beneath the Wrinkle
Clarence H. White
1903
Autumn, the Larsen Dancers
Clarence H. White
1924
Blindman's Buff
Clarence H. White
1898
Boys Wrestling
Clarence H. White
Before 1908
Clouds, Maine
Clarence H. White
1921
Croton Reservoir
Clarence H. White
1925
Director of the Hagerstown National Bank
Clarence H. White
1908
Drops of Rain
Clarence H. White
1903
Eben Holden
Clarence H. White
1900
Edge of the Woods
Clarence H. White
1901
Edward and Clara Steichen on the Honeymoon, Newark, Ohio
Clarence H. White
1903
Entrance to the Garden
Clarence H. White
1906
F. Holland Day
Clarence H. White
c. 1902
Factory Town in Winter
Clarence H. White
1906
Figure Study
Clarence H. White
1910
First Summer School, Five Islands, Maine
Clarence H. White
1910
In the Orchard, Newark, Ohio
Clarence H. White
1902
Jane and Mary Elizabeth Wilson
Clarence H. White
1919
John Arthur Mooney, Photographer
Clarence H. White
c. 1908
Justine Johnston, Actress
Clarence H. White
1916
Landscape
Clarence H. White
c. 1905
Master Tom
Clarence H. White
1907
Maynard White
Clarence H. White
c. 1902
Exhibitions
19 exhibitionsMar 17, 1937 – Apr 18, 1937
Photography 18391937
243 artists · 1 curator
Dec 31, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941
Sixty Photographs: A Survey of Camera Esthetics
30 artists · 2 curators
Nov 04, 1943 – Dec 07, 1943
Portraits
38 artists
May 24, 1944 – Sep 17, 1944
Photography
63 artists · 1 curator
Jun 10, 1947 – Aug 31, 1947
Alfred Stieglitz Exhibition: His Collection
36 artists · 1 curator
Jul 27, 1948 – Sep 26, 1948
50 Photographs by 50 Photographers
50 artists · 1 curator
Sep 29, 1948 – Nov 28, 1948
Photo-Secession (American Photography 19021910)
22 artists · 1 curator
Nov 26, 1958 – Jan 18, 1959
Photographs from the Museum Collection
273 artists · 1 curator
Nov 18, 1959 – Nov 29, 1959
30th Anniversary Special Installation - Towards the "New" Museum
140 artists
May 27, 1964
Edward Steichen Photography Center
130 artists · 1 curator
Jul 21, 1967 – Oct 08, 1967
Photography: Recent Acquisitions
5 artists
Oct 25, 1967
Steichen Gallery Reinstallation
77 artists
Mar 19, 1968 – May 27, 1968
Photography as Printmaking
54 artists · 1 curator
Jul 21, 1971 – Sep 27, 1971
Clarence H. White
3 artists · 1 curator
Mar 16, 1976 – Jun 20, 1976
Photography for Collectors
63 artists · 1 curator
May 06, 1976 – Jul 18, 1976
Photography: Recent Acquisitions, 19741976
33 artists · 1 curator
Feb 16, 1978 – Mar 12, 1978
Selections from the Collections
11 artists · 1 curator
Dec 21, 1979
Edward Steichen Photography Center Reinstallation
102 artists · 1 curator
Oct 23, 1980
Reinstallation of the Collection
129 artists