Born 3 Jun 1923 in village krutets of Kopanskogo district, Oryol region. He studied at the Moscow state art Institute named after VI Surikov (1952-1958.) at V. G. Tsyplakova. Taught at the Kostroma art College (1958-1964 years) and CAT them. N. A. Nekrasov (1964-1983).. Member of the Union of artists of Russia (since 1960), honored artist of the RSFSR, honored art worker of the RSFSR, people's artist of the RSFSR, Professor. Awarded orders of the red Star, Patriotic war of I and II degrees, medals, the order "badge of Honor". Honorary citizen of the city of Lozova (1990).
Honorary citizen of city of Kostroma in 2001.
Got the original foundations of visual literacy in livenskiy pedagogical College. On the thorny path to great art survived the terrible German occupation, and passed the ordeal of the war years. In 1952, he entered the Moscow state Institute. V. I. Surikov, where the teachers of the young artist was F. P. Reshetnikov and V. G. Tsyplakov. The latter played a major role in the formation of Alex White as a painter. The Studio of Viktor Tsyplakov Alexei White has defended his thesis "the First builders of the Bratsk hydroelectric station," which was exhibited at the all-Union art exhibition "40 years of the Komsomol" and was aimed at the Kostroma art school. In 1960. Alexey Pavlovich joined the Union of artists of the USSR. In 1962, White was elected Chairman of the Kostroma organization of artists, and in 1965. he was awarded the honorary title of Honored artist of the RSFSR. The most important stage of creative activity in the 70-ies was a series of thematic paintings about the Kostroma forest workers ("Youth brigade", "Woodcutter", etc.).
A tribute to the memory of those who never returned from war, the artist realized a series of paintings "Guards senior Lieutenant P. F. Suvorov", "Partisans", "Lead from the front", "Grandfather's medal." Great place in the works of A. White landscape takes. In Kostroma held thematic exhibition "architectural Monuments of Kostroma", "seasons", "the Crimean sketches", "Landscapes of Sunny Italy", "Baikal and Angara". For his great contribution to the development of Soviet fine art in 1984 A. P. White was awarded the honorary title "people's artist of the RSFSR".
Personal exhibition of Alexey Pavlovich took place in Moscow, Saint-Petersburg, Kostroma, his works are in museums of the capital cities of Russia, the cities of Chita, Tula, Pskov, Chuguev, Lozova, Kaliningrad, and in galleries in the U.S., Germany, Finland, Italy. More than 30 works of Alex White is in the Kostroma Museum of Fine Arts, Central Museum of the great Patriotic War and the Ministry of Culture of the RSFSR.
