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