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Robert Alexander Anderson
paints in an elegant, waterside studio in Darien, Connecticut. He
was recently commissioned by President George W. Bush to paint the
President’s portrait for the Yale Club in New York. Anderson’s
portraits are included in public and private collections all across
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Margaret Carter Baumgaertner
is a leading American portrait artist and teacher, and a lifelong
enthusiast for Russian art. Baumgaertner's notable commissions have
included governors, congressman, chief executive officers, actors,
physicians, and families. She has a strong feeling for the traditions
of portraiture and takes particular inspiration from the Russian masters.
She teaches workshops in both charcoal and oil portraiture, and her
paintings hang in public and private collections not only in the United
States, but in Europe and Russia.
Click here to
see a selection of Baumgaertner portraits.
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Ariane Beigneux
has been painting portraits professionally for six decades. She was
born of of French parents in Roxbury, Connecticut and worked as a
young artist in the studio of her uncle who was a well-known sculptor.
Her later training included the National Academy and the Art Students
League in New York. For many years she has traveled extensively as
one of the country’s busiest artists. The Rockefellers, Weickers,
Pillsburys and Doubledays are included among her many prominent clients. |
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Paul Newton of Sydney,
Australia, has works in the permanent collection of The National Portrait
Gallery of Australia and is on the Official Artists' register at Parliament
House Canberra. He has painted former Prime Ministers, former Australian
Governor General Sir William Deane as well as other dignitaries and
celebrities both at home and abroad. He has painted many portraits
in the United States.
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a selection of Paul Newton portraits. |
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Elaine Kilmurray
is research director of the John Singer Sargent Catalogue Raisonné
Project.
Richard Ormond, formerly director
of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, is an independent art
historian. He is the co-author of books on Sargent, Landseer, Winterhalter
and Lord Leighton. He is a great-nephew of John Singer Sargent.
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John Howard Sanden has been, for
over thirty years, one of America’s best known portrait artists.
He is the author of five books on portrait painting. In 1994 he
was the first recipient of the John Singer Sargent Medal for Lifetime
Achievement from the American Society of Portrait Artists. In 2005,
he received the Portrait Brokers of America Lifetime Achievement
Award.
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to see a selection of Sanden portraits.
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Chris Saper has
painted commissioned portraits for fifteen years, following a seventeen-year
career as a health care executive in Phoenix, Arizona. In addition
to her painting schedule, she is an active portrait instructor, teaching
both portrait painting and business skills. Chris is the author of
Painting Beautiful Skin Tones with Color and Light.
View Chris's work here. |
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Nancy Malkin Stember
paints traditional portraits in oil and pastel. Born and educated
in New York City, she graduated from the High School of Music and
Art, received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Cooper Union
School of Art and Architecture, a Master of Fine Arts degree from
Columbia University, and a Doctorate degree in art and art education
from Columbia University Teachers College. She was awarded a Gourgaud
Fellowship in painting to study for one year in Paris and at the American
Academy of Rome, and Columbia University's Brevoort-Eichmoyer fellowship.
Her paintings have been purchased by numerous private, public and
corporate collections including the Albright-Knox Museum, The French
Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Columbia University.
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to see a collection of Stember portraits. |
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Richard Whitney is
internationally known for his realistic portraits. Town and Country
magazine recently named him one of the top dozen portrait painters
in America. Whitney has won over forty regional and national awards
as well as three grants from the Greenshields' Foundation of Montreal.
His paintings hang in over 650 public and private collections throughout
the United States and abroad. Born in 1946, Whitney graduated Phi
Beta Kappa from the University of New Hampshire in 1968. He studied
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.
Whitney is the author of Painting the Visual Impression and
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. 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.
Click here to see
a selection of Whitney paintings. |
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Cynthia Daniel,
webmaster for The World of Portrait Painting, is the creator
of A Stroke of Genius, widely recognized as the premier Internet
showcase for portrait artists. Created in 1996, the site now features
the work of approximately 150 artists. In addition, Daniel has recently
created the Masters of Portrait Art site. Her design skills,
exemplified in these two sites and countless others she has created
on commission, have established the recognized standard for the portrait
profession online worldwide.
Click here to visit
A Stroke of Genius. Click here
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