Representing Some of Today's Leading Masters of Portrait Painting
2001,
Awarded the Portrait Society of America Gold Medal The Encyclopedia Britannica considers Mr. Greene the foremost pastelist
in the United States and in 1983, the Pastel Society of America elected
him to the Pastel Hall of Fame. In 2003, the Pastel Society of the West
Coast named Mr. Greene a Pastel Laureate. In 1989, his work represented
the United States at the first International Biennial of Pastel in San
Quentin, France. In 1992, he was awarded American Artist's magazine's
first Lifetime Achievement award in the category of oil painting and the
Oil Painters of America Society named him to their Hall of Fame. In 1995,
the American Society of Portrait Artists presented the John Singer Sargent
award to Daniel Greene for lifelong dedication to the achievement of excellence
in portraiture. In May 1999, Mr. Greene was the recipient of the Benjamin
Clinedinst Medal of the Artist's Fellowship at a presentation in New York
City. In 2001, he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Portrait Society of
America. On May 26, 1994 in a special White House ceremony, Mr. Greene
presented to Hillary Rodham Clinton a pastel portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt.
In 2003, Mr. Greene was the annual honoree of the Salmagundi Club and
was presented their Gold Medal. Mr. Greene's paintings and pastels are in over 500 public and private
collections in the United States and abroad. He has been the recipient
of the Elizabeth T. Greenshields Foundation grant and the Anna Lee Stacey
grant. A retrospective exhibition of Mr. Greene's paintings and pastels
was held in 1987 at the Hammond Museum in New York. Four highly successful
exhibitions of Mr. Greene's subway series appeared at Gallery Henoch in
New York and were featured on ABC-TV, Fox News, PBS, CNN, New York 1,
NHK TV Japan, and in over 50 international magazines and newspapers. |