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After graduating with honors from Rutgers University in 1987, Nanette Fluhr continued her
art studies at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where she earned a Bachelor
of Fine Arts Degree and received the Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Achievement.
It was at SVA where she met John Frederick Murray, who taught her drawing, painting and picture
making skills gleaned from the techniques of the Old Masters. Mr. Murray became her mentor,
and under his tutelage she painted museum-quality replicas of works by Rembrandt, Velazquez,
Van Dyke, Rubens, Lawrence and LeBrun while she was a registered copyist with the Metropolitan
Museum of Art in New York.
Senator John Flanagan joins Assistant Director of the
Huntington Arts Council, Florence Dallari, in viewing
Nanette Fluhr's art at the reception of 7 & 7,
Oct 29, 2009. (Left to right, Florence Dallari,
Senator John Flanagan and Nanette Fluhr)
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Now with two decades of professional experience, Nanette Fluhr's paintings hang in both private
and public collections worldwide. Her expressive portraiture has garnered prestigious recognition.
Her Portrait of My Grandfather placed among the top ten winners after consideration
of 2,300 entries in the country's largest art competition sponsored by Artist's Magazine.
The following year she again placed a painting among the finalists. In the 99th annual exhibition
of the Catherine Lorilland Wolfe Art Club, she received the esteemed Martin F. Weber Award,
and in their 100th exhibition, her portrait Phyllis was part of their exhibition.
The Independent Art Society and the Suburban Art League have honored Nanette
with their Awards of Excellence for two consecutive years. Most recently, the Art
Renewal Center's 2010/2011 International Salon placed her as a finalist. The Connecticut
Society of Portrait Artists presented her with a Merit Award at their 2010 Competition.
Nanette Fluhr's work has been featured in many exhibitions, including in New York City venues:
The National Arts Club, The Salmagundi Club, The Lever House, and The
School of Visual Arts. Additional exhibitions that included her work are The Hudson
Valley Art Association, New York State, and on Long Island, NY: The Art League of Nassau
County, The Art League of Long Island, The Huntington Arts Council, and
The Hutchins Gallery at C.W. Post College. She has exhibited at the University of
Connecticut Gallery in Stamford, CT, and most recently, The Butler Institute of American
Art in Ohio.
She is an active member of many prominent art organizations including The Portrait Society
of America, The Allied Artists of America, The Art League of Long Island,
The Huntington Arts Council, and the Long Island Professional Artists Showcase,
which is a select group of exemplary artists (seven painters and seven sculptors). ACOPAL
(America China Oil Painting Artist League) has invited her to be a lifetime Honorary
Member. Nanette Fluhr is dedicated to sharing her accomplished knowledge of traditional realism
with the next generation of artists. In addition to creating portraits, she is a faculty member
who teaches the fine art of portraiture at the Art League of Long Island. She is also
on the faculty of The Teaching Studios of Art, where she conducts a Master Copying
class.
Her own Master Copies are featured in a video produced at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
wherein she discusses her experience as a copyist at that unsurpassed institution. She will
be featured in American Artists Magazine this summer in a special Workshop Issue devoted
to the benefits of copying the Masters. She lives on Long Island in Dix Hills, New York. |
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