"Deposited by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, Massachusetts"

The White Fund paintings are world famous. Much is written about their place in art history, especially those identified with French Impressionism. When on display, here or abroad, they bear the name of the trust and their hometown, Lawrence. "Deposited by the Trustees of the White Fund, Lawrence, Massachusetts." They go nowhere without us! And, most recently, that includes stops in Melbourne and Singapore. Monet's Poppy Field will be reproduced soon in a catalogue by the Musee des Impressionnismes Giverny. Our collection holds works, listed below, by Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Johann Frederik Thaulow, Eugene Louis Boudin, and George Morren. These paintings are regularly on display in the Art of Europe Galleries. Claude Monet's Field of Poppies near Giverny is on permanent display and hangs among other European masters for daily museum goers to see. The gallery attracts an international audience as well. The Museum of Fine Arts is a must see on any tour of Boston. Trustee Jay Dowd's book fully details the story of the collection's arrival in Lawrence and their subsequent placement at the MFA.
Catalogue cover from a current exhibit at the National Gallery of Singapore where the White Fund's Pissarro and Thaulow paintings are key attractions. A White Fund Pissarro graces an exterior museum banner. In Melbourne, Australia, last year, more than 260,000 visitors to the National Gallery of Victoria admired the artworks.

Seventeen Paintings

The White Fund paintings have been safeguarded at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, for more than a century. - Claude Monet, Field of Poppies near Giverny, 1890. - Camille Pissarro, Spring Pasture, 1889 - Camille Pissarro, Two Peasant Women in a Meadow, 1893. - Johann Frederik Thaulow, Abbeville, c1900. - Johann Frederik Thaulow, River View, c1900. - Eugéne Louis Boudin, Quay at Villefranche, 1892. - Jean-Léon Gérôme, Oasis, c1857. - Bernardus Johannes Blommers, Dunes in Holland, c1900. - Georges Michel, Windmill on a Bluff, c1820. - Hugh Bolton Jones, Landscape, c1880-1900. - George Morren, Garden Wall, 1892. - Jan Albertsz Rootius, Portrait of a Boy, c1680. - Jan Henrik Weissenbruch, A Windmill ion Holland, 1890. - Alexander Lawrie, Landscape with a Tree, c1900. - Studio of Sir Godfrey Kneller, Portrait of a Woman, c1700. - Follower of John Constable, A Heath, c1800. - Anonymous (British), Cottage wit Cows and Cowherds by a River, 19th century.
A GIFT OF ART FROM REVEREND WILLIAM E. WOLCOTT The Rev. William E. Wolcott (1852-1911) was the pastor of the Lawrence Congregational Church on Lawrence Street. He inherited this collection of fine art from his brother, Edward O. Wolcott (1848-1905), a retired United States Senator from Colorado. Using Judge Rowell for legal advice, the Rev. Wolcott upon his death gave the paintings to the White Fund to be used to benefit the people of Lawrence. The Rev. Wolcott's will stipulated that the artworks be housed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, (MFA) until such time as a proper building for their safe display was in Lawrence. For more than a century, the major funding - far beyond the White Fund's means - that would be required for building and maintaining such a gallery has not been forthcoming from the city's government or residents. Trustee Jay Dowd's book fully details the story of the collection's arrival in Lawrence and their subsequent placement at the MFA. Groups of Lawrence students and citizens regularly visit the MFA and admire White Fund paintings on display. These special tours, underwritten by the White Fund, are led by retired Lawrence High School art teacher David Meehan.