Charles Wilbert White

For other people named Charles White, see Charles White (disambiguation).

Charles White
Birth name	Charles Wilbert White
Born	April 2, 1918(1918-04-02) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died	October 3, 1979(1979-10-03) (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, United States
Nationality	American
Field	Painting

Charles Wilbert White (April 2, 1918–October 3, 1979) was an American artist born in Chicago. He was known for his WPA era murals. White was married to famed sculptor and printmaker Elizabeth Catlett briefly. He taught at the Otis Art Institute from 1965 to his death in 1979.^[1]

White's best known work is The Contribution of the Negro to American Democracy, a mural at Hampton University depicting a number of notable blacks including Denmark Vesey, Nat Turner, Peter Salem, George Washington Carver, Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, and Marian Anderson.

References

1. ^ Mary Sherwood Brock, Otis Connections/ LA Printmaking in the 1960s http://www.otis.edu/assets/user/OtisConnections.pdf

External links

• Biographical Sketch

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Name	White, Charles Wilbert
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Date of birth	April 2, 1918
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date of death	October 3, 1979
Place of death	Los Angeles, California, United States