John Howard Sanden

John Howard Sanden (born 1935 in Austin, Texas) is an American portrait artist.

John Howard Sanden American Portrait Painter
Born	1935 Austin, Texas
Education	Minneaoplis School of Art
Occupation	Portrait Painter, Illustrator, Designer, Artist,
Spouse(s)	Elizabeth Sanden
Children	Jonathan Sanden, Pamela (Sanden) McMahon
Parent(s)	Rev. O.E. Sanden, Carolyn Sanden

Biography

Early life

Sanden graduated from the Minneapolis School of Art in 1956 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration.[1]

Career

Sanden was the Art Director for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association from 1955 to 1970. He founded the Portrait Institute. He was also an instructor at The Art Students League of New York. He won the 2005 Portraits, Inc. Lifetime Achievement Award, for which a scholarship is named in his honor.[2]

For thirty-three years, Sanden had studios on the eleventh and then tenth floors of the South Studio Tower of Carnegie Hall, New York City, and in Ridgefield, Connecticut.

On May 31, 2012, Sanden's official White House portraits of former President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush were unveiled.[3][4][5]

External links

• Official website
• Portrait Institute

References

1. Alumni Careers - John Howard Sanden, ’56, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Accessed 2013-12-04.
2. Huebner, Michael (September 23, 2013). "Presidential portrait artist John Howard Sanden to speak Tuesday at Birmingham Museum of Art". AL. Alabama Media Group.
3. "Wise-cracking George W Bush likes presidential portrait". BBC News. May 31, 2012.
4. "Hanging George Bush". The New York Sun. May 31, 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-04.
5. "Ridgefield artist paints official Bush portraits". The New Times. Hearst Media Services Connecticut. June 4, 2012. Retrieved 2013-12-04.