Establishing a Standard
From the École des Beaux-Arts to America
Founding Artists
Jean-Leon Gerome
Dennis Miller Bunker
William McGregor Paxton
William Sergeant Kendall
R. H. Ives Gammell
Richard F. Lack
'Drawing is the Probity of Art'
J. A. D. Ingres (1780-1867)
Featured Artist
Richard Whitney
‘Gentleman’s Portrait’
Born in 1946, Dr. Richard Whitney studied with the eminent Boston painter, R. H. Ives Gammell, for five years. Richard graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 1968 and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree in 2015. He has won over 50 regional and national awards as well as three grants from the Greenshields Foundation of Montreal. His work hangs in the Anchorage Museum of Art and History; the Newark Museum; the Pentagon; Harvard, Yale, and Stanford Universities and the Catholic University of Portugal. In 2017, he received the Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Award from the State of New Hampshire.
Dr. 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 artists world-wide and is regarded as a classic in its field.
Richard is an Honorary Member of both the Allied Artists of America and the American Artists Professional League. He is also a member of the Guild of Boston Artists and a Lifetime Member of the Copley Society of Art. Other memberships have included the National Arts Club, the Players and the Society of Illustrators. He is recognized as an ARC Living Master by the Art Renewal Center, the world’s largest online art museum. Richard has lectured and conducted portrait workshops throughout the United States. He is listed in Who’s Who in American Art, Who’s Who in America and Who’s Who in the World.
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