The African American painter, printmaker, and teacher Charles Wilbert White was born in Chicago. He attended The Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York City.
Virginia in 1943 and, late in his career, at the Mary McLeod Bethune Library in Los
Broida [1933-2005], Los Angeles; gift (partial and promised) 2005 to NGA; gift completed
Angeles, 1977; gift to NGA, 1990 Associated Names Townsend, William Townsend
Gallery of Art, Washington, 1986, unnumbered checklist. 1990 The Fauve Landscape, Los
Gonzales-Day Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance Ken Gonzales-Day, Los
Associated Names Dwan, Virginia Exhibition History 2016 Los Angeles to New
on view Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance Gemini G.E.L., Los
Ed Ruscha’s initial interest in art as a child in Oklahoma City, where his family moved in 1942 was nurtured by a neighbor who was a cartoonist. Ruscha enrolled in his first painting class with portrait painter Richard Goetz in 1948 and continued to study art in high school, simultaneously developing an interest in Dada and in the commercial printing process.
Planning to study commercial art, he drove to Los Angeles the summer after graduation
of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois; Los
2015.19.4154 Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance Anthony Hernandez, Los
