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The paintings of Glenn Harrington are recognized and collected internationally
and have been featured in such publications as American Arts Quarterly,
American Art Collector, International Artists Magazine, the covers
of American Artist & US Art, New Art International, The New
York Times, and Philadelphia Inquirer. He has had numerous solo
exhibitions in New York, Japan, Charleston, South Carolina and Pennsylvania,
and has exhibited at the Norman Rockwell Museum, The Museum of American
Illustration and the USGA Museum.
Glenn’s
paintings have been published on over 500 book covers including
such classics as Room with a View, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering
Heights, and two series of oils on the plays and poetry of William
Shakespeare and W.B. Yeats.
His portrait
work is highly regarded, having received the Honor Award in 2005
and Certificate Award in 2004 from the Portrait Society of America’s
international juried show. Harrington’s portrait of Maria
Callas was used to promote the Tony Award winning play “Master
Class.”
Portraits of
Payne Stuart and Ben Hogan hang at Murfield Village Golf Club and
twenty others are in the permanent collection at the World Golf
Hall of Fame; thirty oils, highlighting the career of Jack Nicklaus,
were purchased by the Jack Nicklaus museum.
Harrington’s
recent commissions include a portrait of Wilbur Ross and three murals
highlighting golfers Greg Norman and Padraig Harrington installed
at Doonbeg Golf Club, County Clare, Ireland in 2006.
Biographical
Information
Born: 1959, New York
Education: Pratt Institute, BFA 1981
Selected Exhibitions
2009
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, One-Man Exhibition, New York, NY. March
12 - April 5, 2009. View Exhibit.
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, "The Figure in American Art",
Group Show. New York, NY.
2008
Richland
Fine Art, Oil Panters of America, Award of Excellence,
Eastern Regional Exhibition. Nashville TN.
Wells
Gallery, Father and Son Exhibit, Duel Show with Evan Harrington,
Charleston, SC.
Oil
Panters of America, Award of Excellence, Western Regional
Exhibition.
Oil
Panters of America, Award of Excellence, 17th National
Juried Exhibition.
2007
The
Weatherburn Gallery, Oil Painters of America, Eastern Regional
Exhibition. Naples, FL.
Wayne
Art Center, Group Portrait Show, Invitational. Wayne, PA.
Art
Obsessions Gallery, Group Show, Tokyo, Japan.
Medici
Gallery, Group Show, London, UK.
Wells
Gallery, Solo Exhibit, Charleston, SC.
Travis
Gallery, Recent Works, New Hope, PA.
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, Solo Exhibit, New York, NY.
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, "The Figure in American Art",
New York, NY. View Exhibit.
2006
Travis
Gallery, Recent works, Solo Exhibition, New Hope, PA. View
Exhibit.
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, One-Man-Exhibition, New York, NY
Wells
Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, SC
Colorado
History Museum, Salon D’Arts, Denver, CO
World
Golf Hall of Fame, Annual Inductee Portraits, St. Augustine,
FL
Murfield
Village, Memorial Inductee Portraits, Columbus, OH
2005
The
State Museum of Pennsylvania, 38th Annual Juried Exhibition,
Harrisburg, PA
Travis
Gallery, One-Man-Exhibition, New Hope, PA
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, “The Figure in American Art,”
New York, NY
Portrait
Society of America, Group Portrait Exhibition, Washington
DC
2004
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, One-Man-Exhibition , New York, NY
Travis
Gallery, One-Man-Exhibition, New Hope, PA
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, Seventh Annual Summer Salon, New York,
NY
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, “The Figure in American Art,”
New York, NY
World
Golf Hall of Fame, Annual Inductee Portraits, St. Augustine,
FL
Murfield
Village, Annual Memorial Portraits, Columbus, OH
2003
Travis
Gallery, Recent Works, Solo Exhibit, New Hope, PA
Cassique
Club, Solo Exhibit, Kiawah Island, SC
World
Golf Hall of Fame, Annual Inductee Portraits, St. Augustine,
FL
Murfield
Village, Memorial Inductee Portraits, Columbus, OH
2002
Travis
Gallery, Solo Exhibition, New Hope, PA
Wells
Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Charleston, SC
Gibbs
Art Museum, “En Plein Air” Group Exhibit, Charleston,
SC
World
Golf Hall of Fame, Annual Inductee Portraits, St. Augustine,
FL
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, “Summer Salon,” New York,
NY
Jack
Nicklaus Museum, 30 Paintings, Permanent Collection, Columbus,
OH
Wells
Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Charleston, SC
Museum
of American Illustration, Annual Show, New York, NY
Aldie
Mansion, “Faces of Bucks County ” Portrait
Exhibition, Doylestown, PA
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, “The Figure in American Art,”
New York, NY
2001
Travis
Gallery, “Bucks Fever” Art Exhibition, New
Hope, PA
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, Summer Salon, New York, NY
2000
NY
Society of Illustrators, Int’l Juried Annual Exhibition,
New York, NY
Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery, Summer Exhibition, New York, NY
1999
Phillips
Mill Gallery, Juried Exhibition, New Hope, PA
Bianco
Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Doylestown, PA
Kirin
Art Space, “4 NY Painters,” Tokyo and Osaka,
Japan
Norman
Rockwell Gallery, Museum of American Illustration Exhibition,
Stockbridge, MA
Awards
and Commendations
The
Draper Grand Prize, annual Juried Exhibit of Portrait Society of
America, Washington, DC. May, 2007. See Prizes.
Award
of Excellence, annual Juried Exhibit of Oil Painters of America,
Fredricksburg, Texas. May, 2007.
Finalist
in Art Renewal center (ARC) annual Juried Exhibition, 2007.
“Art
of the State” 3rd Prize in Painting Exhibit, 2005
State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
Juried by Curator of 19th Century/Modern Painting, Metropolitan
Museum of Art
The Portrait Society of America Honor Award, 2005
New Art International 2nd Prize in Painting, Book Art Press, 2005
The Portrait Society of America Certificate Award, 2004
Society of Illustrators, Commissioned to paint "Call For Entries
Poster", 1993
Society of Illustrators Silver Medal, 1985
Commissions
BBC Publishing: Series of classic books on tape
including: Wuthering Heights,
Pride and Prejudice, Room with a View, Women in Love, Dangerous
Liaisons, Man and Superman, Mansfield Park and Silas Marner.
CBS Films:Poster art for “The Inheritance”
by Louisa May Alcott.
United Artists: James Bond Film Festival poster
art - Sean Connery/Roger Moore.
HBO Films: ”Murrow” Danial Trevonte,
Poster and Promo art.
World Golf Hall of Fame: Portraits of inductees:
(Partial List) Ben Crenshaw, Bernhard Langer, V.J.Singh, Payne Stuart,
Tom Kite, Nick Price, Greg Norman, Gary Player, Arnold Palmer.
Memorial Tournament: Portraits of Payne Stuart,
Ben Hogan, Peter Thompson,
and Lee Travino among others.
Golf Channel: Group portrait of Tiger Woods, Nancy
Lopez, Jack Nicklaus.
Gary Player Group: Art commemorating Gary Player’s
50 years in golf.
Sterling Publishing: Two books of 40 paintings
illustrating the poetry of W.B.Yeats and William Shakespeare.
Disney Publishing: 50 paintings for children's
book Tarzan.
Jack
Nicklaus Museum: 30 Oil paintings commissioned by Golf
Magazine
installed in permanent collection.
Master Class: Portrait of Maria Callas commissioned
for the Mark Taper Forum to
promote the play.
Wilbur Ross: Portrait
Doonbeg Golf Club, County Clare Ireland: 3 Murals
depicting Designer Greg Norman and Irish golfer Padraig Harrington,
installed in the clubhouse.
Selected Professional
Experience
American Express, MCI, AT&T, Major League Baseball, PGA, Disney,
Readers Digest, Nike, Times Mirror, Rodale Publishing, Toyota Corp.,
Hearst Publishing, Bantam Doubleday Dell Books,Harper Collins Avon
Publishing,
Golf Magazine, United Artists, HBO
Galleries
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