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Richard Whitney (artist)
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Name
Richard Whitney
Role
Visual Artist
Education
University of New Hampshire
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Richard whitney
Richard Whitney, PhD.H (born 1946 in Vermont), is an American painter, author and educator. Town & Country magazine has named him one of the top dozen portrait painters in America. Fine Art Connoisseur has called him one of "the giants of the field" of figurative painting. Whitney's portraits and landscapes hang in over 750 public and private fine art collections worldwide. They include the Anchorage Museum of Art and History; the Anderson House Museum; the Newark Museum; the Pentagon; Harvard, Yale, and Stanford universities; and the Catholic University of Portugal. He has won over 40 regional and national awards as well as three grants from the Greenshields' Foundation of Montreal. Whitney was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of New Hampshire in 2015.
Whitney is the author of the book Painting the Visual Impression which summarizes the basic principles of representational painting. First published in 1972, it has been read by thousands of artists world-wide. He is also a co-author of the book Realism in Revolution: The Art of the Boston School. His paintings have also been reproduced in the book Edmund C. Tarbell and the Boston School of Painting.
Whitney graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of New Hampshire in 1968. He studied with Sidney F. Willis and with the eminent Boston painter R. H. Ives Gammell for five years. Whitney's paintings have been seen on national cable television and have been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles. He has traveled and painted in Europe, Japan, Alaska and the Caribbean and has lectured and conducted workshops throughout the United States. He is listed in a dozen reference books, including Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in America, and Who's Who in the 21st Century. Whitney and his artist wife Sandy Sherman live on Crescent Pond in Stoddard, New Hampshire.
Richard whitney portrait and landscape paintings
Professional organizations
Allied Artists of America - Honorary Lifetime Member
American Artists Professional League - Honorary Lifetime Member
American Society of Portrait Artists - Chairman Emeritus
American Society of Classical Realism
Copley Society - Copley Master
The Guild of Boston Artists
National Arts Club
Society of Illustrators
Awards, honors
1970 - 1973
Three Grants - Elizabeth T. Greenshields' Memorial Foundation – Montreal
1975
Third Gold Medal - Jordan Marsh Show - Boston
1976
Merit Award – Springfield (MA) Art League National Exhibition
Excellence Award in Traditional - Cape Cod Art Association All New England
Exhibition Three Awards – Ogunquit (ME) Art Center National Exhibition
Anonymous Award in Oil - Knickerbocker Artists National Exhibition – New York City
1977
Grumbacher Award in Oils - Academic Artists National Exhibition – New York City
First in Oil - Cape Cod Art Association All New England Exhibition
1978
Finalist - American Artist Magazine National Art Competition – New York City
1980
Yankee Sagendorph Award - Copley Society of Boston
Honorable Mention - Jubilee 350 Competition for New England Artists - Boston
The Crescent Gallery, Ltd. Award - Allied Artists National Exhibition – New York City
1982
The Margaret Fitzhugh Browne Memorial Portrait Award - Copley Society of Boston
Cover Artist - "American Artist" Magazine - April
1983
Grumbacher Gold Medal - Guild of Boston Artists Competition
1984
Gold Medal - American Artist Professional League Grand National Exhibition – NYC
Copley Master Award - Copley Society of Boston
Juror's Choice Award – Springville (Utah) Museum of Art National Salon Show
American Portrait Society Certification - Los Angeles
1986
Juror's Choice Award - Springville Museum of Art National Salon Show
Dole Award - American Artists Professional League Grand National Exhibition
1987
Silver Medal - The Society of Illustrators' 29th Annual Exhibition – New York City
A. Lassell Ripley Award - Guild of Boston Artists Competition
Medal "Benemerito" - Catholic University of Portugal
1990
Commendation - Governor and Executive Council of New Hampshire
1991
Ken Gore Memorial Award - Guild of Boston Artists Competition
1999
R. H. Ives Gammell Award – Guild of Boston Artists Competition
2000
American Artist magazine article - April
2002
Edmund C. Tarbell Award – Guild of Boston Artists Spring Awards Exhibit
Emeritus Award – American Society of Portrait Artists
2011
Honorable Mention, Landscape – Art Renewal Center International Salon
2013
Elected Honorary Lifetime Member of the American Artists Professional League and Allied Artists of America
2015
Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts - University of New Hampshire
Exhibits
(From a list of over 750 public and private collections)
Newark Museum of Art
Springville Museum of Art
Knights of Columbus Museum
The Pentagon
New Hampshire State House
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Catholic University of Portugal
University of Chicago
Boston University School of Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
Stanford University School of Medicine
Saint Anselm College
Franklin Pierce University
University of Charleston
Furman University
New England College of Optometry
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Massachusetts General Hospital
Brigham and Women's Hospital
South Shore Hospital
Chubb Life America
New England Historic Genealogical Society
Sailors Snug Harbor, Sea Level, NC
Preservation Society of Newport County, RI
South Congregational Church, New Britain, CT
Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
Pine Crest School
Berkshire School
St. Johnsbury Academy
The Governor's Academy
Loomis Chaffee School
Wheeler School
Data Resources Inc.
Heublein, Inc.
New England Insurance Company
Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company
New Hampshire Ball Bearings, Inc.
Raveneaux Country Club, Houston
South Shore Bank, Quincy, MA
Skowhegan Bank, Skowhegan, ME
Bank of New Hampshire
Alain Briottet, French Ambassador to Finland
Kevin B. Harrington, Massachusetts Senate President
Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh
Carroll Jones, Jr., Life magazine illustrator
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Shields, III
Alfred J. Walker, art dealer
William A. Coles, art historian
Jan Mitchell, benefactor, Metropolitan Museum of Art
