Gleeson White

Gleeson Joseph William White (1851-1898) was an English writer on art, born at Christ Church, in Hampshire. 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, and founded the publication "Studio", which he edited for about a year, and to which he contributed for the rest of his life. 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." His publications relative to art 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)