Dana E. Levin

Dana Levin (born Dana Elizabeth Levin June 26, 1969, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American Classical Realism painter. Classical Realism is also known as academic art. Levin is a portrait, landscape, still life, figurative, and interior painter.

She works in the revival of the Classical Realism (arts) and representational painting tradition.

Life and work

At age 14, Levin attended the fine arts summer program in Lenox, Massachusetts, and in high school the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. She continued her studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where her achievements earned her an early graduationFact|date=December 2007 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Levin moved to Italy to train under painter Daniel Graves and learn the techniques of the European masters at the Florence Academy of Art for three years. On graduation she was asked to join the school’s drawing and oil painting faculty for the next five years.Fact|date=December 2007 Levin has taught academic art and classical realism for eight years.

She works in still life, portrait painting, interiors, florals, and figure painting utilizing oil paint, charcoals, and graphite pencils.

In 2005, she founded The New School of Classical Art in Providence Rhode Island.Fact|date=December 2007

External links

* [http://www.danalevin.com The New School of Classical Art]
* [http://painterskeys.com/pal/dana_levin/ Dana Levin, The Painter's Keys]
* [http://www.artquotes.net/artists/levin/index Artquotes.net, interview]
* [http://www.artrenewal.org/articles/2007/Levin/levin1.asp Art Renewal Center, Interview]
* [http://www.projo.com/cgi-bin/art/display/artist_view.cgi?id=646 Providence Journal]
* [http://www.theartistsmagazine-digital.com/theartistsmagazine/200712/?pg=52 The Artists Magazine 2007 Portrait Category]
* [http://www.whoswhogallery.com/artists/dana-levin/63 Dana Levin, Who's Who in American Art]