Brooke Whiting House of Art

Brooke Whiting  was born on December 5, 1918 to F. Brooke I and Ruth White Whiting of 632 Washington Street, Cumberland, Maryland. His father was a prominent attorney in Cumberland; his mother was the daughter of Warren C. White, a former mayor of Cumberland and founder of the German Brewing Company. Brooke II had an older sister, Anne Frances, born in 1913; she had a distinguished career with the C.I.A. Brooke Whiting amassed his collection of art from world traveling, worldwide associations with prestigious antique dealers and auction houses, and through inheritance from his sister Anne Whiting, his life partner Wesley Griswold, and his parents Brooke and Ruth Whiting. His collection includes primarily Asian Works of Art and American, British, and European Decorative Arts.  Brooke had eclectic taste and collected artwork from around the globe.  His collection has pieces from America, Great Britain, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Lebanon, Iran, India, China, Thailand, Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Russia, and Mexico.