Henry Whiddon, Denton, Professor Emeritus of art who taught at UNT from 1964 to 1995, died April 29. He earned an arts diploma from the High Museum School of Art, studied at Mexico City College in Mexico, earned a bachelor’s from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and a master’s from the University of Georgia. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was chair of the art department at Texas Wesleyan University before joining North Texas, where he taught primarily drawing and painting. His artwork is included in collections of the High Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, University of Oklahoma, Pensacola Art Museum, University of Georgia, California College of Arts and Crafts, Telfair Museum in Savannah, Ga., UNT and private collections nationwide. He also had a passion for gourmet food, opera and classical music, was a master gardener, and an enthusiast of primitive and Native American art and culture.
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Henry Whiddon, Denton, Professor Emeritus of art who taught at UNT from 1964 to 1995, died April 29. He earned an arts diploma from the High Museum School of Art, studied at Mexico City College in Mexico, earned a bachelor’s from the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and a master’s from the University of Georgia. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was chair of the art department at Texas Wesleyan University before joining North Texas, where he taught primarily drawing and painting. His artwork is included in collections of the High Art Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, University of Oklahoma, Pensacola Art Museum, University of Georgia, California College of Arts and Crafts, Telfair Museum in Savannah, Ga., UNT and private collections nationwide. He also had a passion for gourmet food, opera and classical music, was a master gardener, and an enthusiast of primitive and Native American art and culture.
