Richard_Whitney_(artist)

Richard Whitney (artist)

Richard Whitney (artist)

American painter

Richard Whitney (born 1946 in Vermont), is an American painter, author and educator known for his portrait work.[1][2] Town & Country magazine has named him one of the top dozen portrait painters in America.[3] Fine Art Connoisseur has called him one of "the giants of the field" of figurative painting.[4]

"Self Portrait", oil, 26 x 20, 1973. Collection: Newark Museum

Whitney graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of New Hampshire in 1968. He studied with Sidney F. Willis and with the Boston painter R. H. Ives Gammell. Whitney has published Gammell's letters to him in the book Advice to a Young Artist.[5]

Whitney's portraits and landscapes are included in over 800 collections and he has won over 50 regional and national awards.[6] He received an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts Degree [7] from the University of New Hampshire in 2015.

Whitney is the author of the book Painting the Visual Impression[8] which summarizes the basic principles of representational painting. He is also a co-author of the book Realism in Revolution: The Art of the Boston School and has published a retrospective of his work titled The Art of Richard Whitney.[9]

Professional organizations

References

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    Pierce, Patricia Jobe (1980). Edmund C. Tarbell and the Boston School of Painting, 1889-1980. Pierce Galleries. p. 175.
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    Bookman, Todd (2019-11-01). "Behind A Stolen Painting, An Artist With A Remarkable Life Story". Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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    "Portraits by Richard Whitney, PhD.H". The Guild of Boston Artists. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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    "Richard Whitney". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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    Rousar, Darren (2023). "Richard Whitney". Sight-Size: Helping You Draw With Confidence. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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    "Richard Whitney". Art Renewal Center. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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    "UNH Announces 2015 Granite State Award and Honorary Degree Recipients". UNH Today. 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2023-11-21.
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    Whitney, Richard (January 1, 2015). Painting The Visual Impression (2nd ed.). Great Life Press. ISBN 978-1938394126.
  9. [9]
    Whitney, Richard (2021). The Art of Richard Whitney: Visual Impressions, People and Places. Studios at Crescent Pond. ISBN 978-0-578-33167-6.
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    "Richard Whitney, PhD.H". The Guild of Boston Artists. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
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