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White, Christopher John was born on September 19, 1930. Son of Gabriel Ernest Edward Francis White and Elizabeth Grace (Ardizzone) White.
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White, Christopher John was born on September 19, 1930. Son of Gabriel Ernest Edward Francis White and Elizabeth Grace (Ardizzone) White.
Bachelor with honors, London University, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, London University, 1970.
Assistant keeper Department of Prints and Drawings British Museum, 1954-1965. Director P. and D. Colnaghi, 1965-1971. Curator of graphic arts National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1971-1973.
Director of studies Paul Mellon Center for Studies in British Art, 1973-1985. Director Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England, since 1985. Adjunct professor history and art, associate director Yale Center for British Art, 1976-1985.
Associate director Dutch Government School, 1956. Hermione lecturer Alexandra College, Dublin, Ireland, 1959. Adjunct professor Institute Fine Arts, New York University, 1973-1976.
Conference director European-American Assembly on Art Museum, Ditchley Park, 1975. Visiting professor department history and art Yale University, 1976. Fellow Worcester College, Oxford.
Professor Art of the Netherlands, since 1991.
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Director Bulington magazine, 1981. Reviews, editor: Master Drawings, 1967-1980. Author: Rembrandt and his World, 1964, The Flower Drawings of Jan van Hysum, 1965, Rubens and his World, 1968, Rembrandt as an Etcher, 1969, Rembrandt's Etchings: a catalogue raisonne, 1970, Durer: the artist and his drawings, 1972, English Landscape 1630-1850, 1977, The Dutch Paintings in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen, 1982, Rembrandt in Eighteenth Century England, 1983, Rembrandt, 1984, Peter Rubens: Man and Artist, 1987: Drawing in England from Hilliard to Hogarth, 1987.
Served Army, 1949-1950, Commander Research Associate, 1949. Fellow British Academy.
Married Rosemary Katharine Desages, 1957. 3 children.