{"Id":2742,"Name":"Nelson Shanks","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003ENelson Shanks has served as professor at the University of the Arts and as distinguished visiting professor in Fine Arts at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. for l990 and conducted seminars at numerous universities, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the New York Academy of Art. He has taught at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Memphis Academy of Arts and the Robert and Mary Montgomery Armory Art Center in West Palm Beach, Florida. In l993, Arcadia University awarded him a Ph.D. in Fine Arts. \u0022Advanced painting workshops taught by Nelson Shanks attract hundreds of artists from across the country.\u0022 [\u003Cu\u003EArts \u0026amp; Antiques\u003C/u\u003E, Summer 1997] He is clearly one of the most sought after teachers in the world and founder of the post-graduate school, \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.studioincamminati.org/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIncaminati\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E In Italy, he studied at l\u0027Accademia d\u0027Belle Arte in Florence and with \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022https://www.artrenewal.org/asp/database/art.asp?aid=191\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EPietro Annigoni\u003C/a\u003E. He traveled and studied extensively throughout Europe. He has received grants: the Greenshields Foundation (twice) and the Stacey Foundation (three times) between l96l and l974. Earlier he studied at the University of Kansas and the Kansas City Art Institute with \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.kemperart.org/permanent/works/Niewald.asp\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWilbur Niewald\u003C/a\u003E and in New York at the National Academy of Design and The Art Students League with \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.artnet.com/ag/fineartdetail.asp?wid=134049\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIvan Olinsky\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.johnpence.com/visuals/masters/robertbrackman/brackman01.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ERobert Brackman\u003C/a\u003E, \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://tibordenagy.com/artists/dickinson.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEdwin Dickinson\u003C/a\u003E and privately with \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa615.htm\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EJohn Koch\u003C/a\u003E and \u003Ca class=\u0022link\u0022 href=\u0022http://www.thehenschefoundation.org/Hensche.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EHenry Hensche\u003C/a\u003E.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003EHis work has been exhibited in many museums and galleries, including the National Academy of Design; Hirschl \u0026amp; Adler Galleries; Coe Kerr and FAR Galleries in New York; Dayton Art Institute; the Butler Institute of American Art; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Philadelphia Art Alliance; the New Jersey State Museum; the Allentown Art Museum; the Palmer Museum of Art; George Washington University; the University of the Arts; Oglethorpe University Museum; LaSalle University; the Royal Palace, Stockholm; and Kensington Palace, London. A major one-man exhibition was held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as well as Hirschl \u0026amp; Adler Galleries in 1996 where his portrait of HRH The Princess of Wales was the feature painting in the Hirschl \u0026amp; Adler exhibition, \u003Cu\u003EYanks Paint Brits\u003C/u\u003E. His work is in very distinguished European and American collections. He is currently represented by the Forum Gallery in New York City.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003ECommissioned portraits of noted figures include: Her Royal Highness, Diana, The Princess of Wales, His Majesty King Gustav and Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden, Queen Julianna of the Netherlands, Former President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, Lady Margaret Thatcher, Luciano Pavarotti, J. Carter Brown, Katharine Graham, Judge Guido Calabresi, Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop, Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., Mrs. Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., James Burke, Marcus Wallenberg, Dr. Peter Wallenberg, Ms. Darla Moore, Mr. Lionel Pincus, Mr. Jerry Speyer, Chairman of the Board, Museum of Modern Art, Arthur O. Sulzberger, Sr., Chairman of the Board, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chairman Emeritus New York Times; Lord Charles Spencer, Mary McFadden and many others. He has been commissioned to paint the portrait of President Clinton for the National Portrait Gallery; Pope John Paul II for the Vatican Museum; and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York City, for Johns Hopkins University.\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETelephone:\u003C/strong\u003E 215-245-7780\u003Cbr /\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFax:\u003C/strong\u003E 215-245-8l0l\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":true,"HasDepictedPlaces":true,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":true,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":true,"TotalArtworks":25}