Henry McBride (art critic)

"Henry McBride, Art Critic" oil on canvas painting created by his friend Florine Stettheimer in 1922

Henry McBride (July 25, 1867 – March 31, 1962) was an American art critic known for his support of modern artists, both European and American, in the first half of the twentieth century. As a writer during the 1920s for the newspaper The New York Sun and the avant-garde magazine The Dial, McBride became one of the most influential supporters of modern art in his time.[1] He also wrote for Creative Art (1928-1932) and Art News (1950-1959). Living to be ninety-five, McBride was born in the era of Winslow Homer and the Hudson River School and lived to see the rise of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and the New York School.

  1. ^ Nina Bloemink, The Life and Art of Florine Stettheimer (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1995), p. 126.