Joseph Gleeson White

Portrait photograph of Joseph Gleeson White by Frederick Hollyer, published in Die Kunst in der Photographie, 1897
Born	1851 Christchurch, Hampshire
Died	1898
Nationality	British
Other names	Gleeson White
Known for	editor of The Studio

Joseph William Gleeson White (1851-1898), often known as Gleeson White, was an English writer on art, born at Christchurch, in Hampshire.

Life

Joseph William Gleeson White was born at Christchurch, Hampshire, in 1851. He was educated at Christ Church School and afterward became a member of the Art Workers Guild. He moved to New York City in 1890 where he conducted the Art Amateur (1891-1892). He returned to England in 1893. He was the first serving editor of The Studio, founded by Charles Holme in 1893 (Lewis Hind had acted as editor for four months before the launch of the magazine). In 1895 Holme took over as editor himself, although Gleeson White continued to contribute for the rest of his life.^[1] He also edited during his last years the "Ex Libris Series"; the "Connoisseur Series"; the "Pageant"; and, with E. T. Strange, Bell's "Cathedral Series."

Publications

The published works of Joseph Gleeson White include:

• Practical Designing (1893; third edition, 1897)
• Salisbury Cathedral (1896)
• English Illustrations in the Sixties (1897)
• Master Painters of Great Britain (four volumes, 1897-98)

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