Richard Whitney (artist)

Richard Whitney (born 1946 in Vermont), is an American painter, author and educator known for his portrait work.

[1][2] Town & Country magazine has named him one of the top dozen portrait painters in America.

[3] Fine Art Connoisseur has called him one of "the giants of the field" of figurative painting.

Whitney has published Gammell's letters to him in the book Advice to a Young Artist.

[5] Whitney's portraits and landscapes are included in over 800 collections and he has won over 50 regional and national awards.