Helen Whitney (1878–1956) was an American painter born in Brookline, Massachusetts, who studied at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School under Frank W. Benson, Edmund Tarbell, Fred Wagner, and Philip Hale. She and her husband, fellow artist Philip Richardson Whitney, spent many summers in Nantucket, where she painted local scenes and was part of the island’s artistic community. Whitney exhibited widely, including at the Wanamaker Exhibition in 1915, where she won a prize, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Annual in 1918, the Art Institute of Chicago, and a 1935 show in Newton Square, Pennsylvania, which also awarded her a prize. Active in Philadelphia’s art circles, she was a member of the Plastic Club, Art Alliance, Watercolor Club, and Print Club. Her work is held in collections including the Women’s Club in Media, Pennsylvania, and Pennsylvania State College.