| 词条 | Portraits, Inc. |
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| name = Portraits, Inc. | logo = CORRECT-COLOR-portraits inc logo no type-3RGB.png | logo_size = | type = | foundation = 1942 | location = Birmingham, Alabama, United States | key_people = Beverly McNeil (owner) Julia Baughman (owner) Ruth Reeves (owner) | industry = Commissioned Portraiture | products = paintings and sculpture | num_employees = | homepage = {{URL|portraitsinc.com/}} }} Portraits, Inc., is the world's oldest and largest commissioned portrait company.[1] Founded in New York City in 1942, Portraits, Inc. specializes in commissioned paintings or sculptures.[2] Today the agency represents over 100 of today's commissioned portrait artists. For over 75 years, the company has been women-owned and operated, with a network of trained associates across the United States.[3] Recent notable commissions include painted portraits of Condoleezza Rice,[4] General George W. Casey, Jr., Tommy Lasorda, Governor Nikki Haley, Michael Chertoff,[5] General Martin E. Dempsey, James Gilmore, Tom Ridge, Francis J. Harvey, Ann Veneman, Timothy Kaine, Leon Panetta, and U.S. White House cabinet officials.[6] HistoryNew YorkPortraits, Inc., was founded in New York City in 1942 by Lois Shaw, an art and antiques dealer and socialite. The idea began as a partnership between Mrs. Shaw and the USO in the early 1940s. At this time Mrs. Shaw hosted weekly studio parties in her Park Avenue gallery in which she asked guest portrait artist to create drawings from life of the military men and women in attendance. The portraits of men and women in uniform were sent as matted works of art to the families of the sitters. At the time there were not galleries in New York dedicated to the exhibition of fine portraiture. Mrs. Shaw announced a gallery service for living portrait artists called "The Portrait Painters' Clearing House," then, in 1942, founded Portraits, Inc.[7] Mrs. Shaw was soon joined by Helen Appleton Read,[8] who became the gallery director and later president of Portraits, Inc.,[9] and Andrea Ericson, who served as the gallery director.[10] The three are credited for their contributions towards bring portraiture back in vogue in the United States. Birmingham and Flat RockIn 2008, Portraits, Inc., was purchased by Beverly B. McNeil[11] and Julia G. Baughman.[12] McNeil, owner of Portrait Brokers of America in Birmingham, AL, merged the two companies. Two years later, owner Ruth Reeves joined in partnership when she brought a third agency, The Portrait Source from Flat Rock, NC, under the Portraits, Inc. name.[13] ArtistsPortraits, Inc. has established relationships with artists and advocated for the field of portrait painting for over 75 years. The roster of artists has included Andrew Wyeth,[14] Henrietta Wyeth,[15] Albert Murray, Robert Brackman, John Koch, Samuel Edmund Oppenheim, Sidney Dickinson, Aaron Shikler, Marshall Bouldin, III,[16] and Nelson Shanks. Today the agency represents more than 100 portrait artists across the U.S. and internationally. Notable artists include Daniel E. Greene,[17] Everett Raymond Kinstler, John Howard Sanden,[18] Burton Silverman, Michael Shane Neal,[19] and Sharon Sprung.[20] Five portrait artists exclusively represented by Portraits, Inc., are David Goatley, Carol Baxter Kirby, Liz Lindstrom,[21] Michele Rushworth, and Jennifer R. Welty. Scholarship foundationThe Portraits, Inc. Scholarship Program was established in 2001 to provide annual funding to children and grandchildren of agency portrait artists. University scholarships are awarded each year to qualifying applicants. Six scholarship named in honor of the artist and staff Lifetime Achievement Award Winners.[22] References1. ^{{cite news |title=47th Annual Exhibition American Society of Miniature Painters [ad] |url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2018/New%20York%20NY%20Sun/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201947/New%20York%20NY%20Sun%201947%20-%201099.pdf |newspaper=New York Times"|location=New York |date=February 7, 1947 |accessdate=December 5, 2017}} 2. ^Morrison, Lennox. “A painting worth a thousand words” "BBC", November 30, 2014. Retrieved on December 6, 2017. 3. ^{{cite news |first= Tony |last=Pallone |title=Friend aims to keep late artist friend's memory alive |url=http://www.timesunion.com/tuplus-features/article/Friend-aims-to-keep-late-artist-friend-s-memory-11156786.php |newspaper=Times Union |location=Albany |date=May 18, 2017 |accessdate=December 11, 2017}} 4. ^{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Vallen |title=Condolezza Rice portrait unveiled |url=http://art-for-a-change.com/blog/2014/06/condolezza-rice-portrait-unveiled.html |newspaper=Art for a Change |date=June 20, 2014 |accessdate=December 6, 2017}} 5. ^{{cite news |first1=Al |last1= Kamen |first2=Colby |last2=Itkowitz |title=Oregon's Schrader called for extending health deadline weeks before White House |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/oregons-schrader-called-for-extending-health-deadline-weeks-before-white-house/2014/03/26/386ec0d0-b50a-11e3-b899-20667de76985_story.html |newspaper= Washington Post |location=Washington, D.C. |date=March 26, 2014 |accessdate=December 6, 2017}} 6. ^{{cite news |first=Colby |last=Itkowitz |title=Cabinet officials who beat the oil-portrait ban await their big reveal |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/wp/2014/03/26/cabinet-officials-who-beat-the-oil-portrait-ban-await-their-big-reveal/ |newspaper= Washington Post"|date=March 26, 2014 |accessdate=December 6, 2017}} 7. ^ {{cite journal |title= Portraits, Inc.: Portrait center of America [ad] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RHtOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA369&lpg=PA369&dq=%22Lois+Shaw%22+us+government+portrait&source=bl&ots=-Msa9O3dd8&sig=b7NzAhdw26bqSp4t-FYA7WE2ZKc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1hrTCn_PXAhVKQiYKHTitAEwQ6AEIajAU#v=onepage&q=%22Lois%20Shaw%22%20us%20government%20portrait&f=false |journal=Art News Annual |volume=21–24 |page=173.}} 8. ^[https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/helen-appleton-read-papers-9184 “Helen Appleton Read papers, [ca. 1920]-1974"] "Smithsonian Archives of American Art". Retrieved on December 13, 2017. 9. ^{{cite news |title=Rare rugs |first=George W. S. |last=Trow |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1967/05/13/rare-rugs |newspaper= New Yorker |location=New York |date=May 13, 1967 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}} 10. ^{{cite book |last=Bell |first=William Gardner |title= Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits and Biographical Sketches |publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army |date=1981 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=viii |url=https://history.army.mil/html/books/070/70-12/CMH_Pub_70-12.pdf}} 11. ^{{ cite news |title=Every picture tells a story |url=http://bhmbiz.com/2017/09/29/every-picture-tells-a-story/ |newspaper=Bhm Biz |location=Birmingham |date=September 29, 2017 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}} 12. ^{{cite news |first=Rachel |last=Hellwig |title=Sharing her passion |url=http://ironcity.ink/happenings/sharing-her-passion1027/ |newspaper=Iron City Ink |location=Birmingham |date=October 27, 2016 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}} 13. ^{{ cite news |first=Joey |last=Millwood |title=Right artist key to portraits|url=http://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20130211/right-artists-key-to-portraits |newspaper=Hendersonville Times-News |location=Hendersonville |date=February 11, 2013 |accessdate=December 6, 2017}} 14. ^“Salmagundi Club: An American Institution” "Dubuque Museum of Art: Traditional Fine Arts Organizations, Inc.”, March 20, 2005. Retrieved on December 7, 2017. 15. ^{{citation |first=Jean |last=Fitzgerald |title= A Finding Aid to the Peter Hurd and Henriette Wyeth Hurd Papers, 1917–1993 |url=https://www.aaa.si.edu/files/resources/finding-aids/pdf/hurdpete.pdf |publisher=Smithsonian Archives of American Art |place=Washington, D.C. |year=1996 |pages=2–11}} 16. ^{{cite book |last=Donley|first=Richard|title= Everything Has Its Price: The Indispensable Price Guide for Anyone Who Ever Wondered, How Much Does that Cost? |date=March 10, 1995|page=86}} 17. ^{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Daniel E., |last2=Bloomfield |first2=Maureen |title= Daniel E. Greene Studios and Subways: An American Master His Life and Art |date=December 10, 2017 |page=207}} 18. ^“The white house portraits & selected recent portrait” "John Howard Sanden". Retrieved December 5, 2017 19. ^“Portrait painting, The first ten years” "Michael Shane Neal". Retrieved December 5, 2017. 20. ^{{cite news |title= Sharon Spring's latest commission |url=http://www.asllinea.org/sharon-sprungs-latest-commission/ |newspaper=Linea |publisher= Art Students League of New York |date=October 11, 2016 |accessdate=December 13, 2017}} 21. ^{{cite news |first=Daniel |last=Maidman |title=Dispatch from the figurative arts |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-maidman/dispatch-from-the-figurat_b_7558142.html |newspaper=Huffington Post |date=June 10, 2016 |accessdate=December 12, 2017}} 22. ^{{cite news |first=Lauren |last=Helmer |title=Kelly Moffatt: FACES of Birmingham |url=https://styleblueprint.com/birmingham/everyday/kelly-moffatt-faces-birmingham/ |newspaper=Style Blue Print |location=Nashville |accessdate=December 13, 2017}} External links
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