Pastel

160 p. Bibliography. Index. This is a comprehensive guide to pastel painting. From Wikipedia: "Daniel E. Greene PSA, NA, AWS (born 1934) is an American artist who works in the media of pastels and oil painting. The Encyclopedia Brittanica considers Mr. Greene the foremost pastelist in the United States. His paintings and pastels are in over 700 public and private collections in the United States and abroad. Highly regarded as a portrait artist, his subjects have included leaders of Government, Banking, Education and Industry. Some of his sitters include First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Ayn Rand, Astronaut Walter Schirra, William Randolph Hearst, Wendy s founder Dave Thomas, Commentator Rush Limbaugh, Composer Alan Menken, Bryant Gumbel and Bob Schieffer of CBS TV. Governmental Portraits include Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman, Governor Paul Laxalt of Nevada, Governor Gerald Baliles of Virginia, Governor Benjamin Cayetano of Hawaii, and Governor Fob James of Alabama. Business sitters include the chairmen of the boards of Honeywell, Coca-Cola Company, Dupont Corporation, Endo Pharmaceuticals, American Express, The New York Stock Exchange and IBM. Mr. Greene has also painted the Deans, Presidents and Benefactors of Tufts, Duke, Columbia, North Carolina, West Point, Delaware, Penn State, New York, Princeton, Rutgers, Yale and Harvard Universities. On May 26, 1994 in a special White House ceremony, Mr. Greene presented to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton a pastel portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt. In 2011, The Butler Institute of American Art acquired Mr. Greene s pastel diptych Man Flying Kite. Daniel Greene was born in 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied at the Art Academy of Cincinnati 1944-46, and the Art Students League of New York 1953-55. He is the author of the book Pastel that was in print for 25 years and The Art of Pastel, which were published in English, French, Spanish, Italian and Chinese.Greene lives and works in New York State, His popular workshops are held each summer in his studio in North Salem, NY. He is married to Wende Caporale, who is also a portrait artist and illustrator; and works in pastel and oil painting. In the past, he worked as an instructor of painting at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York. Mr. Greene has taught over 10, 000 students in the US and abroad.His work in pastels has been recognised by: The Encyclopædia Britannica which considers Mr. Greene the foremost pastelist in the United States. in 1983, the Pastel Society of America elected him to the Pastel Hall of Fame. In 1989, his work represented the United States at the first International Biennial of Pastel in San Quentin, France. In 2003, the Pastel Society of the West Coast named Mr. Greene a Pastel Laureate. His book, Pastel, is an instructional treatise for artists who work in the medium. His paintings and pastels are in over 700 public and private collections in the United States and abroad. " Good. Signed by author. Cover has some wear and soilng. Reprint. Paperback Edition. Fourth printing.…