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About
the Juror
Burton
Silverman's first one man exhibition took place in 1956 at
the Davis Galleries in New York City. Since that time Mr.
Silverman has had 28 solo shows in New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and Washington, DC. and Denver, Colorado. He has appeared
in numerous national and international exhibitions including
the Mexico City Museum of Art, the Royal Academy of Art in
London, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Academy
of Design and regional exhibits throughout the US.
He has won 32 major prizes from annual exhibitions at the
National Academy of Design, the American Watercolor Society
and the Butler Institute of American Art.
His paintings are represented in a dozen public collections
including the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of
Art, The New Britain Museum, the Mint Museum, the Denver Art
Museum, the National Museum of American Art and the National
Portrait Gallery.
His work is included in numerous private collections both
in the US and Europe.
He has been an Academician of the National Academy of Design
since 1974, and in 1990 was elected to the prestigious Society
of Illustrator's Hall of Fame. The following year he was elected
to the Pastel Society of America Hall of Fame. In November
1998 he was the recipient of the John Singer Sargent Medal
awarded by the American Society of Portrait Artists for distinguished
achievement in portrait painting.
In January & February of 1999, the Butler Institute of
American Art held a retrospective of his work titled "Sight
and Insight; the Art of Burton Silverman".
Mr. Silverman has authored magazine articles for various publications
and has been featured in magazines such as American Artist,
the Artist's Magazine, Art Talk, American Arts Quarterly and
International Artist. |
