Museum Quality Realistic Portraits

Nanette Fluhr, nanettefluhr.com, is known for her museum quality portraits and other fine art. She lives in Matawan, New Jersey, and her paintings reside in many public and private collections worldwide. She graduated from Rutgers University in 1987 and earned her BFA with Honors from the School of Visual Arts in New York City, NY, where she received the Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Achievement.

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A Lotus Grows in the Mud, oil on linen, 30″ x 24″

It is an honor and pleasure to have selected Nanette Fluhr as one of the exhibiting artists in the Manhattan Arts International “HerStory” 2022 exhibition with her painting “A Lotus Grows in the Mud”. I also presented Nanette with an Artist Showcase Membership Award. Upon receiving her entries it was immediately apparent she has superior artistic talent in realistic portraiture in addition to her masterful landscapes and still life. Her extraordinary attention to capturing the essence of her subjects with technical prowess claimed this top award. I was also impressed when I learned about Nanette’s many professional achievements. 

In the “HerStory” 2023 exhibition I chose Nanette to receive the “Outstanding Woman Artist Achievement Award” for her artistic prowess, many  career accomplishments, and for being a leading advocate for advancing the status of women artists. Read an interview with Nanette.

Manu, oil on linen, 30″ x 24″

Nanette has received numerous accolades during her art career that spans more than 20 years. She is a recipient of awards from such prominent art institutions as the Art Renewal Center, The Artist’s Magazine, the Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists, the Portrait Society of America, and the School of Visual Arts.

Her work was selected for inclusion in the Lunar Codex, a time capsule of digitized works of art being sent to the moon and permanently placed there in a collection for future explorers.

She has been included in a video produced at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, NY, highlighting her Master Copies. Shown below is one example of such a painting titled “Replica of  Regnault’s Salome”. A detail of the painting is also shown as the banner image at the top of this page.

Replica of  Regnault’s Salome, oil on linen, 63″ x 40″

Nanette states, “Representational portraiture is my life’s pursuit. It is the challenge of capturing a faithful likeness of my sitter, which I firmly believe must include the articulation of each subject’s persona, that I find most compelling. I approach each painting as an opportunity to try to discover the truth of an individual’s essence.”

She explains, “I draw my inspiration from the Old Masters such as Rembrandt, Ingres, Bouguereau, and from Sargent and Le Brun. Guided by their principles handed down to me by my mentor John Frederick Murray, I aspire to the high standards that these Masters established. As a side light, I have become a noted copyist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in an effort to study them with the depth and focus they deserve.”

The Honorable Margaret Garvey Justice, Supreme Court of Rockland County (retired), oil on linen, 37″ x 27″.
Collection of Rockland County Courthouse, New City, New York.

Nanette has exhibited her art worldwide in such venues as the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona, the Butler Institute of American Art, in Ohio, the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, in Wisconsin, and many others. In NYC, NY she has been in exhibitions held at the National Arts Club and the Salmagundi Club.

Additionally, three of Nanette’s works of art were selected for a historic presentation of American painting, Contemporary American Realism, which toured national museums in China including the Beijing World Art Museum, Dalain Modern Museum, Tianjin Art Museum, Hubei Provincial Museum, Zhejiang Provincial Museum and the Shanghai Art Museum.

Cori, Ben and Ava, oil on linen, 30” x 24”

Many publications have featured Nanette’s artwork. They include American Artist Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, Quantum Art Review, Realism Today, and Universal Principles of Art, to name a few.

Nanette also shares her extraordinary skills as an instructor and presents workshops for schools such as the Art League of Long Island and the Teaching Studios of Art, where she has taught Master Copy and Portrait Painting.

She is an active member of many prominent art organizations including the Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America, Poets and Artists, Art Renewal Center, and Art League of Long Island.

Nanette was invited to be a Lifetime Honorary Member of ACOPAL (America Chinese Oil Painting Art League). She is an elected member of Allied Artists of America and Associate with Distinction Member of American Women Artists.

Furthermore, Nanette uses her talent to contribute to bringing positive change to the world. She donates a portion of her fees from her portrait commissions to Smile Train, the largest worldwide organization committed to repairing cleft palates.

Banner image: Detail of “Replica of  Regnault’s Salome”, oil on linen, 63″ x 40″.

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