Richard Whitney

Richard Whitney

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Richard Whitney, was born in 1946. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of New Hampshire, Whitney then trained with Sidney Willis, a Hunter student, and subsequently with Gammell for five years. As a portraitist he has painted, five state governors, a Secretary of the Navy, and a former Presidential Press Secretary among many others. He is also well known for his landscapes, which frequently depict the area near his New Hampshire studio.Whitney’s paintings hang in over six hundred public and private collections; he has won over forty regional and national awards, including three separate Greenshields grants; and he has been the cover artist of American Artist magazine. He is Chairman Emeritus of the American Society of Portrait Artists. Whitney has figured prominently in several books, and has authored a book titled, Painting the Visual Impression. Most recently, he was the chosen artist for the annual Pops by the Sea painting in Hyannisport.

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