RICHARD WHITNEY,PhD.H - SELECTED AWARDS
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
Merit Award for Drawing – Sharon (NH) Arts Center Regional Exhibition
Excellence Award in Traditional - Cape Cod Art AssociationAll New England Exhibition
Three Awards – Ogunquit (ME) Art Center National Exhibition
Architects Award - New Hampshire Art Association Annual Exhibition
Anonymous Award in Oil - Knickerbocker Artists National Exhibition– New York City
1977
First Prize - Fitchburg (MA) Art Museum Regional Exhibition
Best of Show, People's Choice Award - Sharon Arts Center Regional Exhibition
Grumbacher Award in Oils - Academic Artists National Exhibition– New York City
First in Oil - Cape Cod Art Association All New England Exhibition
1978
People's Choice Award - Sharon Arts Center Regional Exhibition
Finalist - American Artist Magazine National Art Competition – New York City
1979
First Prize - Fitchburg Art Museum Regional Exhibition
Ezekial A. Straw Memorial Award - New Hampshire Art Association Exhibition
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
1983
Grumbacher Gold Medal - Guild of Boston Artists Competition
1984
Gold Medal - American Artist Professional League Grand National Exhibition– New York City
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
1989
Highest Bid - Copley Society of Boston Fundraising Auction
1990
Commendation - Governor and Executive Council of New Hampshire
Second Highest Bid - Copley Society of Boston Fundraising Auction
1991
Ken Gore Memorial Award - Guild of Boston Artists Competition
1992
Second Highest Bid – Copley Society of Boston Fundraising Auction
1994
Merit Award for Painting – Sharon Arts Center Regional Exhibition
1999
R. H. Ives Gammell Award – Guild of Boston Artists Spring Awards Exhibit
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
Ruth and James Ewing Art Award
2017
Awarded Lifetime Membership to the Copley Society of Art
Honorable Mention, Portraiture - Art Renewal Center International Salon
Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award - Who's Who in America
Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Award - NH Governor's Arts Awards
2018
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