About D. Henry (Henry Dentith)

D. Henry (Henry Dentith) was born in Birmingham, England. He was educated at an English Boarding School where typically an interest in Art is regarded as an aberration He began a career in advertising, which though uncongenial, provided a great deal of knowledge which would prove valuable in later years- blockmaking, typefaces, lithographs, reproductions etc.

Henry lived for several years in both West Africa and Singapore as an overseas representative for his corporation. However, it was during this tenure as overseas manager for the international firm of De la Rue, that Henry was afforded the opportunity to visit the major art centers and galleries in Europe. This, though valuable experience for an artist, was less than helpful to a business career. The parting was amiable and Henry returned to England and enrolled at the Sir John Cass Art College in London.

Never overly fond of the English climate, Henry decided that he would move elsewhere and begin in earnest the life of a professional artist. He decided upon Israel and indeed, remained there for the next 21 years. In those intervening years, Henry became one of the country's leading artists. His work can be seen in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem at several major art galleries.

After so many years in Israel, Henry left for England to begin a series of oils reflecting the countryside of the British Isles. It was a fortuitous move because Henry discovered by chance that fourteen years earlier a work of his had been accepted into the permanent collection of the world-renowned Tate Gallery of London. This fact was unknown to him because his name Dentith had been misspelled in the Tate Catalog To be in a museum which ranks among the finest in the world and to not be aware of that fact is nothing short of unbelievable; happily however, the work was discovered, the spelling error corrected, and that story at least had a happy ending for the artist.

Attracted by the similarity of the California climate to that of Israel, and attracted as well by the wealth of new subject matter to explore, Henry left England for California. Since his move here, Henry has fallen in love with California with its vast, diverse and glorious beauty.

Henry's landscapes evoke a tranquility that transcends the clamor of this modern day society. Henry feels unabashedly drawn to the magnetism of the earth. This is strongly apparent as the viewer is enticed into his works. Henry captures the grandeur of California in a manner reminiscent of the Plein Air Painters of Early California, yet never loses his old world classicism. Henry's work has been reproduced by the New York Graphic Society and also has his works in many fine private collections internationally including: Gerald Kaufman, British Member of Parliament Seiko Watches, Japan Oliver Reed, London Lord Harry Kissin, London Alexander of Paris The Ben Gurion Family, Israel The Elite Family, Israel