Children in the Tree
Date1934
Artist
William Davidson White
American artist and illustrator, 1896–1971
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions29 3/4 x 35 3/4 in. (75.6 x 90.8 cm)
frame: 31 3/4 × 37 3/4 in. (80.6 × 95.9 cm)
frame: 31 3/4 × 37 3/4 in. (80.6 × 95.9 cm)
Credit LineLouisa du Pont Copeland Memorial Fund and Gift of the 3rd Regional District of the P.W.A.P., 1934
Object number1934-30
On View
Not on viewClassificationsPAINTING
Label TextWhite was born in Wilmington, Delaware and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art and with Gayle Porter Hoskins and Harvey Dunn (both students of Howard Pyle). For several years he worked as a documentary artist for Phelps Dodge, a mining corporation. This painting was done for the Public Works of Art Project, a federal government program to employ artists, during the Depression of the 1930s. It was painted for the children's room in the Wilmington General Hospital.
