James Whitney Fosburgh

Place: New York

Born: 1910

Death: 1978

Biography:

James Whitney Fosburgh was an American painter, art collector, and art historian. He was born in New York City in 1910 and died in 1978. Fosburgh graduated from Yale University in 1933 and completed a Master's thesis on the journals of Thomas Sully, receiving his M.A. from Yale University in 1935. He served as a glider pilot during World War II and later worked at The Frick Collection as a docent and lecturer. He began exhibiting his artwork throughout New York City in the 1950s and 1960s. Fosburgh served as Chairman of the Special Committee for White House Paintings under both President Kennedy and President Johnson. He was married to Mary ('Minnie') Cushing and was known for his portrait of U.S. President, John Fitzgerald Kennedy.