John White Alexander
(1856–1915) American illustrator (1856-1915)
John White Alexander (USA, 1856–1915) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, John White Alexander belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
John White Alexander was born in Allegheny and died in New York City. John White Alexander worked in Europe, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Dordrecht, and New York City. Wikidata associates John White Alexander with Art Nouveau. John White Alexander became a member of American Academy of Arts and Letters. John White Alexander was awarded Legion of Honour.
The best-known works include ‘Miss Dorothy Quincy Roosevelt (later Mrs. Langdon Geer)’ and ‘Mrs. Thomas Hastings’. The works belong mainly to the genres portrait and landscape painting. The catalogue has 31 works by John White Alexander with free images. The dated works span the years 1735–1912. Works by John White Alexander are held by several collections, among them Metropolitan Museum of Art, Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery, and Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Wikidata links one work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘Impressionism’.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Charles Maurin, Hermann Vogel, Friedrich Kallmorgen, Ludwig von Herterich, and Charles Harold Davis.