Grenning Gallery

Painted from life in the artist's studio, a rustic, wooden basket overflows with bright colored flowers. Four apples scattered in the foreground, cast shadows, and reflect on the gro...

"Oak in Spring" is a 1930 American Impressionist oil painting of an oak tree landscape. Painted en plein-air, in an almost pointillist style, H.C. White depicts a classic Connecticut landscape. A Tall wiry tree stands as the focal point, having just bloomed its first leaves; foliage still thin enough to outline every single branch. Reds and browns scattered throughout the foreground connote autumn leaves that had yet to be cleared. Henry Cooke White (b. 1861) in Hartford Connecticut. His career in art was founded at the age of 14, when he met the famous American Tonalist painter, Dwight William Tyron. The two became lifelong friends, and White even wrote Tyron’s major biography, The Life and Art of Dwight William Tyron (pub. 1930). In the late 1880’s, Tyron pushed White to move to New York City to further his artistic training at the Art Students League. During this time, White studied under many talented artist’s; Kenyon Cox, John H. Twatchman, and William Merritt Chase. From 1896-1897, White spent time travelling in Europe. Upon his return to the states, he began to spend most of his time in Connecticut, following his favorite painting seasons. Spring in Hartford was followed a week later by spring in Old Lyme, and then finally at Waterford. He’d experience his favorite seasons three times over each year. Once immersed into Connecticut’s community, White was encouraged to paint habitually in Old Lyme; where an art colony was developing, beginning in the spring of 1903. Inspired by European artists, including Claude Monet, and Pierre Auguste-Renoir, the Old Lyme Art Colony defined American Impressionism by memorializing the serene qualities of rural New England life through use of vibrant palettes and broken strokes on wood and canvas. The Colony comprised upwards of 200 artists during its three decades of creating nature-based scenes in oils and pastels; Frederick Childe Hassam...

"Pony and Groom" is an unframed, oil on wood panel, contemporary impressionist painting. Painted during the 2014 Wellington Winter Equestrian Festival. Center stage, stands a fit, br...

"Fishing Hut" contemporary impressionist oil painting boat house in green and blue hues. An oil painting of a small shack in a marina in rich impre...

An abstract depiction of a seascape during sunset. Painted from life in Waterford, Connecticut. Framed in a traditional black frame with gold inner trim (See pictures). Nelson H. Wh...

Painted en plein-air on a beach in the Bahamas. Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and artists from the time he was born. ...

Painted en plein-air in Noyac, a bay-front village in Sag Harbor, New York. A small inlet docks a small, anchored boat. shrubs outline the shoreline beyond the sand in the foreground...

A small scale, horizontally oriented oil painting on panel by American Impressionist Nelson Holbrook White. Every winter, White travels to The Bahamas to paint the bright warm scener...

A bright yellow, sunflower, stands tall and proud in this sweet, bold, painting of a flower. Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded ...

A Yellow Umbrella painted en plein-air on a beach in Italy, a distant couple walk along the shore in red garments, a white sailboat soars across the ho...

Painted en plein-air in Italy, a group of figures sit beneath a striped umbrella. T Nelson H. White was born in New London, Connecticut in 1932. White has been surrounded by art and...

Framed Dimensions: 15 x 22 inches Painted en plein-air in Black Point, Connecticut, Nelson H. White creates a whimsical, romantic landscape. Thickly applied paint in hues of green, ...

Oltrarno was painted en plein-air in Florence, Italy. Oltrarno literally translates to "beyond the Arno" referring to the Arno River. Painted within the region of the Palazzo Pitti, ...

The Lotrščak Tower is a fortified tower located in Zagreb, Croatia, in an old part of town called Gradec or Gornji grad (Upper Town). The tower, which dates to the 13th century, was ...

Painted en plein air, on a grey day, bright, rich greens, fill the canvas. Amidst this verdure, a regal yet traditional yellow house. In front of the house's facade, a table of frien...

A small, horizontally oriented landscape painting by Nelson White. Painted en plein air on Shelter Island, where his family has owned property for generations. Situated in his back y...