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Painting, Drawing and Pastels from Life

Harvey Dinnerstein has been painting and exhibiting for the past five decades. He
has taught generations of students dedicated to the figurative tradition.
His book, Harvey Dinnerstein: Artist at Work, was published by Watson-Guptill
in 1978.
He was honored with a retrospective exhibition at the Butler Institute of American
Art, Youngstown, Ohio in 1994 and received an Honorary Doctorate from the Lyme
Academy of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, Connecticut in 1998.
His numerous awards include Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grants, 1948,
1961; National Academy of Design, Ranger Purchase Award, 1976; Allied Artists Gold
Medal, 1977; Audubon Artists Presidentäs Award, 1978; American Academy of Arts and
Letters Purchase Award, 1974, 1978, 1987; Classical America, Arthur Ross Award,
1983. In 1974, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Design.
His work is in many private, corporate and museum collections, including the
Lehman Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the New Britain Museum of
American Art; the Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center; the University of Texas; the
Palm Springs Desert Museum; Chase Manhattan Bank; Keyspan Energy and the Whitney
Museum of American Art.
He is currently represented by Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, California.
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