Weariness
Ethelbert WHITE
(British, 1891-1972)
Weariness
Dateca. 1915
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensionsoverall: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
frame: 30 1/8 × 26 × 1 3/4 in. (76.5 × 66 × 4.4 cm)
ClassificationPAINTINGS
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Mary and Will Richeson, Jr.
Object number1997.71.10
Subject(s)
- men
- women
Collection
- 20th century European
- European
Sub-Collection(s)
- British
- English
On View
On viewCollections
Label TextEthelbert White was a wood-engraver, watercolorist, painter, and musician. He trained at St. John's Wood School of Art and, in the years immediately prior to World War I, was associated with C.R.W. Nevinson, with whom he collaborated, Marinetti, and the British avant garde. As a conscientious objector during the war, he worked on the land, with which he had a lifelong affinity, making him a natural choice in 1938 as illustrator of Thoreau's Walden, one of the earliest Penguin Illustrated Classics.
