You are invited to join the small, select group that will travel to London to study
portraiture in June. We will tour all of the great museum galleries of London, enjoy
a private meeting and lecture with Richard Ormond, great-nephew of John Singer
Sargent and leading world authority on the great artist. We will be private guests
of Damon and Sandra de László in their duplex apartment, filled
with portrait masterpieces by Damon's grandfather, Philip Alexius de László.
For a complete itinerary, click here.
Artists all across America are reading Face to Face With Greatness, published
by The Portrait institute Press. A hardcover, coffee-table size book (123/4 x
93/4"), with 176 pages and 224 illustrations, including 129 portraits in
high-resolution, full color plates. Famed artist Richard Schmid says: "Face
to Face With Greatness is destined to be a classic because it is far more than
just a chronicle of success. The overwhelming tone of the book is one of sharing.
The teacher here is everywhere. The book tells young artists to follow their dream,
work hard, learn from the best, and doors you never knew were there will open."
Click here to read more and see images from the
book.
Request your free copy of our magazine The World of Portrait Painting.
The current issue (publishing September 2009) contains articles on Sir William
Orpen, brilliant and eccentric Irish portraitist; a look at the fabulous history
of America's foremost portrait gallery, Portraits, Inc. in New York; painting
equestrian portraits by L. Steven Moppert, and a thought-provoking commentary
by John Howard Sanden on "The Question of the Smile" (why a broad
smile is almost always wrong in painted portraiture). To request your free copy,
click on "Ordering."
Friday, January 22, is the date set for The Portrait Institute Members' Lecture
in New York at the Salmagundi Art Club, 47 Fifth Avenue. This year's topic is
"The de László Magic" — a look at the life and work of
arguably the most successful portrait artist of all time — Philip Alexius de
László (1869-1937). De László completed some 3,000
portraits — a staggering achievement — including more portrayals of royalty
than any other artist in history. He painted some fifty of the same subjects as
Sargent — the differences and similarities are a fascinating study. Free to Portrait
Institute members (others are charged $20.) To request your ticket (one to a member)
click on "Ordering" in the menu to the left.
The World of
Portrait Painting
John Howard Sanden
Richard Schmid, Nancy
Guzik, Timothy Thies
Various Leading
Portrait Artists
The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
Portrait Society of America
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