"Winter
In The Berkshires"
(Along the Hoosic River near Mt.
Greylock, MA)
Size: 18"x24", oil
Price: $2800
Artist: Roy Blankenship
Biography:
Roy Blankenship received his BAAS in studio art, art education, and art history
from the University of Delaware (1973). He was trained in the professional
restoration of paintings at the Winterthur Museum (1968-1973). He is a charter
and distinguised FELLOW of the American Institute for the Conservation of
Historic and Artistic Works, Washington, DC. He is Chief Conservator of Fine
Art at NEHGS, Boston, MA. Roy has been an instructor in art at Ursuline Academy,
a painting instructor at Tyler School of Art, and an instructor in art history
at the University of Delaware. He wrote, compiled, and published The Delicate
Palette of Albert Insley 1842-1937, (Roy's great-grandfather), and edited
The Life and Times of Frank G. Speck 1881-1950, (Roy's grandfather), and has
written over 100 articles on all topics of the art world. He was curator and
lecturer of the traveling Albert Insley Exhibition (1984-'85), and the Francois
Coradel Cugat (b.1893 - d.1981) Exhibition Retrospective (1995). Roy is a
professional artist member of the North Shore AA(MA), Chester County AA (PA),
and Delaware Foundation of Visual Arts Association (DE), Oil Painters of America,
American Society of Marine Painters, Professional Artists League, and Salmagundi
Club (NYC). His award winning impressionistic marine, landscape, and genre
paintings can be found in numerous corporate and museum collections including;
DuPont, Hercules, University Museum U of PA, U of DE, Swarthmore College (PA),
Peabody-Essex (MA), Wilmington Trust Bank, Delaware Art Museum, and Julliard
School (NYC). Articles on Roy's art can be found in Delaware Today Magazine(1971),
Artists USA(1971), Who's Who In American Art(1973), Biographies of American
Artists(1974), The Virginian Magazine(1989), US ART (1989), Who Was Who In
American Art (1999), Chester County Town and Country Living Magazine(2000),
Who's Who In America (2003 - '06), and Who's Who In The World (2004 - '06).
Roy is married to artist Lois Showalter.