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You'll enjoy and study masterpieces
of portraiture in The Metropolitan Museum, Frick Collection
and Sorolla Collection at the Hispanic Society of America.
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A Distinguished Faculty of some of
the Nations's foremost portrait artists to be announced.
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Above: DIEGO VELAZQUEZ, Spanish, 1599-1660
Juan de Pareja. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Fletcher Fund,
Rogers Fund, and Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967),
by exchange, supplemented by gifts from friends of the Museum,
1971.
Above Center: JOHN SINGER SARGENT, 1856-1925. Madam X (Madame
Pierre Gautreau). The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Purchase,
Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916.
Above Right: ANNA VAUGHN HYATT HUNTINGTON, 1876-1973. Diana
of the Chase. 1922 Bronze Collection, The National Academy of
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Including the
International
Portrait Competition
$12,800 in cash awards
America's
largest portrait society presents four exciting days in New
York City, the art capital of the world. A distinguished faculty
of some of the nation's foremost portrait artists demonstrate
their techniques and share their secrets of success in today's
fast-growing field of professional portrait painting.
Our daily study sessions will be held in The Grace Rainey
Rogers Auditorium at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan
is of course one of the world's greatest museums, featuring
an unparalleled collection of portraiture, including Titian,
Velazquez, Hals, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough, Reynolds,
Lawrence, Sargent, Eakins, Chase and countless others.
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The Society's
John Singer Sargent
Medal, to be presented
at the Festival
The National
Academy of Design
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Marketing sessions and the major
portrait agencies, along with the international portrait competition
finalists will be presented in the Huntington Room at the
nearby National Academy of Design. Plans include tours of
the Sorolla Collection at the Hispanic Society of America
and the Frick Museum. Our awards banquet on Saturday night
will be at the glamorous New York Athletic Club dining room,
high above Manhattan's Central Park. These will be four unforgettable
days -- days that could change your life forever!
The American Society of Portrait Artists Foundation is a not-for-profit
organization directed by a board of artists, offering a nationwide
program of seminars and workshops. The Foundation annually
presents scholarships to qualified students at major American
art schools and academics and the Society publishes a full-color
quarterly magazine The Portrait Signature.
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