Creating a likeness of a person is one of the greatest challenges an artist can face. In this book, John Howard Sanden makes the challenge much more achievable by breaking it down into 29 logical steps. Working in the exciting premier coup tradition, you will learn to execute a finished portrait in a single sitting, starting with your very first stroke. Perfected by Sanden over three decades of painting and teaching, this 29-step method will help you create convincing, lively portraits every time. John Howard Sanden's career as a portrait artist hasned three decades.
Since moving from the Midwest to New York City in 1969, he has been called upon by more than 500 of the nation's public and business leaders to portray them in his striking painting style. In a 1991 New York Post, popular columnist Pete Hamill said that John Howard Sanden is the closest we have in America to fit the old role of court painter. Sanden is widely regarded as the foremost teacher of professional portrait methods in the world today. Founder of the Portrait Institute of New York, he has toured the nation teaching his ideas and techniques to thousands. His books and videos have extended his teaching even further.In a 1984 article in Profile, the magazine of the American Portrait Society, the Society's president wrote, John Howard Sanden may well be the best known name in contemporary American portraiture. On May 29, 1994, the American Society of Portrait Artists presented Sanden with their first John Singer Sargent Medal for Lifetime Achievement..... I OBTAINED THIS IN EAST CENTRAL FLORIDA AND HAVE NO INFO ON IT, OTHER THAT ON THE BACK IS WRITTEN: J.
CLASS, (He taught and or still teaching)There is a photo of that in my pictures. I do not know who the lady is. This is an older paintingperhaps his wife? 18.5x22, including frame, painted on canvas board... BUYERS INFO;PAY PAL ONLY, TO BE PAID WITHIN 3 DAYS OF SALE. THANK YOU;I DESCRIBE ITEMS TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY WITH NO INTENT TO DECEIVE. The item "Vtg Portrait Painting SIGNED by Artist John Howard Sanden Oppenheim Art Class NY" is in sale since Sunday, January 22, 2017. This item is in the category "Art\Art from Dealers & Resellers\Paintings". The seller is "just1foryou2" and is located in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States.