Richard Wheeler Whitney

{"Id":657,"Name":"Richard Wheeler Whitney","Biography":"\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EArtist, author and educator Richard Whitney, PhD.H is internationally known for his portraits and landscapes painted in the style of contemporary realism.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETown and Country\u003C/em\u003E magazine has named him one of the top dozen portrait painters in America.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cem style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\u0022\u003EFine Art Connoisseur \u003C/em\u003Ehas called him one of \u0026ldquo;the giants of the field\u0026rdquo; of figurative painting.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EWhitney\u0027s paintings hang in over 800 public and private collections throughout the United States and abroad.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EThey include the Anchorage Museum of Art and History; the Anderson House Museum; the Newark Museum; the Pentagon; Harvard, Yale, and Stanford Universities; and the Catholic University of Portugal.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EHe has won over 50 regional and national awards as well as three grants from the Greenshields Foundation of Montreal. \u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003EWhitney was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the University of New Hampshire in 2015 and the Lotte Jacobi Living Treasure Award from the State of New Hampshire in 2017.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EWhitney has painted more than 400 portraits including numerous CEOs of industry, presidents of universities and educational leaders as well as family and individual portraits. He has painted eight US Governors including Mitt Romney; US Senators Tom McIntyre, Judd Gregg and James Webb, Jr.; Nobel Laureates Paul Samuelson and Phillip Sharp; Secretary of Labor Robert Reich; Cardinal Humberto Medeiros; Father McGivney, Founder of the Knights of Columbus; and actor, Ethan Hawke.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EWhitney is Chairman Emeritus of the American Society of Portrait Artists Foundation.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EWhitney is the author of the book Painting the Visual Impression which summarizes the basic principles of representational painting.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EFirst published in 1972, it has been read by thousands of artists world-wide and is regarded as a classic in its field. \u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003EHe is also a co-author of the book \u003Cem style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\u0022\u003ERealism in Revolution: The Art of the Boston School\u003C/em\u003E and his paintings have been reproduced in the book \u003Cem style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\u0022\u003EEdmund C. Tarbell and the\u003C/em\u003E \u003Cem style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\u0022\u003EBoston School of Painting\u003C/em\u003E.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EBorn in 1946, Whitney graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of New Hampshire in 1968.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EHe studied with Sidney F. Willis and with the eminent Boston painter, R. H. Ives Gammell, for five years. \u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003EMemberships have included the American Society of Classical Realism, the Guild of Boston Artists, the National Arts Club, the Players and the Society of Illustrators.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EWhitney is an Honorary Member of the Allied Artists of America and the American Artists Professional League and a Lifetime Member of the Copley Society of Art. \u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003EHe is an Advisory Board member of the Art Renewal Center, the world\u0027s largest on line museum and is recognized as an ARC Living Master.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003EWhitney\u0027s paintings have been seen on national cable television and have been the subject of numerous newspaper and magazine articles.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EHe was the cover artist for the April 1982 issue of \u003Cem style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\u0022\u003EAmerican Artist\u003C/em\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\u0022\u003E and \u003C/span\u003Ewas featured again in April 2002.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EWhitney has traveled and painted in Europe, Japan, Alaska and the Caribbean and has lectured and conducted workshops throughout the United States.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EHe is listed \u003Cem style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\u0022\u003EWho\u0027s Who in American Art, \u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\u0022\u003EWho\u0026rsquo;s Who in America,\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/em\u003E \u003Cem\u003EWho\u0026rsquo;s Who in the 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C/sup\u003E Century \u003C/em\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\u0022\u003Eand\u003Cem\u003E Who\u0027s Who in the World, 2018.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoNormal\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-style: italic;\u0022\u003EWhitney and his artist wife Sandy Sherman live on Crescent Pond in Stoddard, NH and their property is connected to a huge forest.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EMany years ago, Whitney began \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022color: black;\u0022\u003Efeeding black bears when they came out of hibernation and there was no food in the frozen forest.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EThe world\u0027s \u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003Eleading authority on black bears, Dr. Lynn Rogers, encouraged him to continue as it was a public service and would help prevent the bears from going into town in search of food.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EWhitney practiced what biologists call \u0022diversionary feeding.\u0022\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/span\u003EOver a ten year period, Crescent Pond became a nature lover\u0027s paradise and Whitney created what could be called a work of \u0022environmental art\u0022 which was enjoyed by hundreds of visitors. He spent over a thousand hours walking amongst the bears in all hours of the day and night.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EHe stopped feeding them last year and hopes to write a book about the experience.\u003Cspan style=\u0022mso-spacerun: yes;\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u003C/span\u003EWhitney is trying to promote the idea of creating wildlife viewing sanctuaries in New Hampshire so that others can share the joy of seeing these magnificent animals up close and not behind a cage or as a trophy on a wall. \u003C/span\u003E\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoPlainText\u0022 style=\u0022margin-left: 9.0pt; text-align: center;\u0022 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;\u0022\u003ERICHARD WHITNEY,PhD.H - SELECTED AWARDS\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoPlainText\u0022 style=\u0022text-align: center;\u0022 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size: 9.0pt;\u0022\u003E1970 - 1973\u003C/span\u003E\u003C/strong\u003E\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp class=\u0022MsoPlainText\u0022 style=\u0022text-align: center;\u0022 align=\u0022center\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong style=\u0022mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\u0022\u003E\u003Cspan style=\u0022font-size: 9.0pt;\u0022\u003EThree Grants - Elizabeth T. 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