Alexander, John White
Title
Alexander, John White
Cornish Dates
1890
Accompanied By
Cornish Residence(s)
Invited By
Birth
7 Oct 1855
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
Allegheny City, Pennsylvania
Death
31 May 1915
New York, New York
New York, New York
Non-Cornish Residence
New York, New York
Spouse
Relations
Profession
Painter
Illustrator
Illustrator
Location Studied
Royal Academy of Munich
Studied Under
Frank Duveneck
Affiliations
National Academy of Design (president)
Princeton (instructor)
Princeton (instructor)
Sources
Colby, Virginia Reed and James B. Atkinson, Footprints of the Past: Images of Cornish, New Hampshire & the Cornish Colony (Cornish NH: Cornish Historical Society, 2010), 126-129.
Moore, Sarah J, John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity (Newark DE: University of Delaware Press, 2003).
University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin (Dublin NH: University of New Hampshire, 1985), 76-77.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "John White Alexander," accessed 27 Sep 2020.
John White Alexander - Wikipedia
Moore, Sarah J, John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity (Newark DE: University of Delaware Press, 2003).
University Art Galleries, University of New Hampshire, A Circle of Friends: Art Colonies of Cornish and Dublin (Dublin NH: University of New Hampshire, 1985), 76-77.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "John White Alexander," accessed 27 Sep 2020.
John White Alexander - Wikipedia
Citation
“Alexander, John White,” The Cornish Colony Compendium, accessed October 9, 2026, https://cornishcolony.org/items/show/460.