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Harvey Dinnerstein
Painting and Drawing from Life

Harvey Dinnerstein has been painting and exhibiting for the past five decades. He has taught generations of students dedicated to the figurative tradition. His book, Harvey Dinnerstein: Artist at Work, was published by Watson-Guptill in 1978.

He was honored with a retrospective exhibition at the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio in 1994 and received an Honorary Doctorate from the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, Connecticut in 1998.

His numerous awards include Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grants, 1948, 1961; National Academy of Design, Ranger Purchase Award, 1976; Allied Artists Gold Medal, 1977; Audubon Artists Presidentās Award, 1978; American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award, 1974, 1978, 1987; Classical America, Arthur Ross Award, 1983. In 1974, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design.

His work is in many private, corporate and museum collections, including the Lehman Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the New Britain Museum of American Art; the Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center; the University of Texas; the Palm Springs Desert Museum; Chase Manhattan Bank; Keyspan Energy and the Whitney Museum of American Art.

He is currently represented by Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, California.




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