This is an impressive and lovely painting of the Iglesia de Santa Prisca in Taxco, Mexico, sometimes referred to as the Cathedral at Taxco. The artist made numerous painting trips to Mexico and this was one of his favorite spots. I have included (last photo) a period photograph of the same Cathedral taken from the same vantage point, looks like the photo is from the 1920’s. The painting measures 20″ X 16″ (Overall with frame 26.25 X 22.25″ so frame is 3 1/8″ wide), the painting is mixed media on artist board (see label on back). It is signed lower right, excellent signature, the painting and the frame are in perfect shape. The frame is made in Mexico and is very appropriate to this piece and subject matter. One of the stickers on the back denotes that the painting was professionally cleaned & treated by world famous De Ru’s Fine Arts of Bellflower, California – this was done prior to my ownership of the painting. Please feel free to ask any questions. White was an active and admired figure in his day and is widely listed and collected today. Feel free to ask any questions. A nationally known landscape painter, who spent the prime of his career in California, Orrin White was born in Hanover, Illinois. He was artistically inclined at an early age but did not pursue an art career until he was in his thirties. After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree from Notre Dame University in 1902, he studied textile design at the Philadelphia School of Applied Art until 1906. A few years were spent as assistant professor of chemistry at Portland University and as a textile designer in his parents’ factory, the Hanover Woolen Mills. He tired of this line of work and moved to Los Angeles in 1912 where he worked for an interior decorating company while painting landscapes in his leisure. When his work was accepted for exhibition in San Francisco at the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915, he decided to devote full-time to painting. His art career was briefly interrupted during World War One when he served as a second-lieutenant in the 40th Engineers Camouflage. He married in 1923 and the couple built a studio-home in Pasadena from where he made regular sketching trips to Palm Springs, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and into Mexico in search of subject matter. White died in Pasadena on April 28, 1969 having acquired national renown. By Edan Milton Hughes. The item “Orrin A. White 1883-1969 Taxco Mexico Cathedral California Plein Air Artist” is in sale since Tuesday, May 28, 2019. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “buy-sell-hold” and is located in Los Angeles, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
• Region of Origin: US
• Artist: Orrin Augustine White
• Style: Impressionism
• Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
• Quantity Type: Single-Piece Work
• Painting Surface: Artist Board
• Medium: Mixed Medium
• Date of Creation: 1950-1969
• Features: Framed
• Width (Inches): 16.00
• Color: Multi-Color
• Subject: Landscape
• Originality: Original
• Height (Inches): 20.00