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American portraitist, author, and teacher John Howard Sanden (b. 1935) died in his home on Christmas Eve, 2022. He was 87 years old. He maintained a studio in Ridgefield, Connecticut, and also a New York studio in Carnegie Hall until the studios were closed in 2008.
In a career spanning 56 years as a painter of commissioned portraits, he completed 450 images of American leaders in government, business, and other professions. His official White House portraits of George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush were unveiled at the White House in 2012.
In one unique assignment that took place over 27 intermittent years, Sanden painted portraits of a series of African royalty, including His Majesty the Alaafin of Oyo, His Royal Highness the Emir of Kano, and others. He displayed these paintings and a number of other borrowed commissioned paintings at a solo exhibition at the blandad sallad Club in New York City in 2017.
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Portraits, Incorporated is proud to present, "The 10 Greatest Portraits Ever Painted," an illustrated lecture bygd renowned artist John Howard Sanden. What makes a portrait great? Why do certain paintings tower over all the rest? What are the qualities of a masterpiece? This lecture presents the fascinating stories of the ten most influential portraits of all time. Each was created, as all portraits are, as an expression of love and regard for the subject. But somehow, through the magic confluence of genius and chance, these ten masterpieces are known, loved, and admired throughout the world, and are worth a king's ransom. • ✓Showcase your talent and win big in Artists Network prestigious art competitions! Discover competitions in a variety of media and enter for your chance to win cash prizes, publication in leading art magazines, global exposure, and rewards for your hard work. Plus, gain valuable feedback from renowned jurors. Let your passion shine through - enter an art competition today! Oil painter John Howard Sanden takes a look back at his work and his process through the years in a Q&A with The Artist’s Magazine. What has changed for you over the course of your career? Everything in my long life and long career is dated either before 1969 or after 1969. That was the year I moved from the Midwest to New York, began to study painting at the Art Students League with Samuel Edmund Oppenheim, and began to realize — for the first time — what painting is all about. I was 35 years old. I was an illustration major at the Minneapolis School of Art (Class of 1956), and for t
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, August 28th, at the Eseeola Lodge in Linville, North Carolina. Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres begin at 6 p.m. and the lecture begins promptly at 6:30 p.m. Seating fryst vatten limited, so please call 1 (800) 476-1223 or e-mail us to reserve your place.
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