# John Howard Sanden

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{{Short description|American portrait artist (1935–2022)}}
{{Use American English|date=December 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name   = John Howard Sanden
| image =  
| image_size     =
| caption  = Official Portrait of First Lady Laura Bush, donated to the White House
| birth_date  = {{birth date|1935|8|6}}
| birth_place = [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas), U.S.
| death_date  = {{death date and age|2022|12|24|1935|8|6}}
| death_place = 
| occupation  = Portrait Painter, [Illustrator](/source/Illustrator), [Designer](/source/Designer), [Artist](/source/Artist), 
| spouse = Elizabeth Sanden
| parents    = {{ubl|Rev. O.E. Sanden,| Carolyn Sanden}}
| children   = {{ubl|Jonathan Sanden, | Pamela (Sanden) McMahon}}
| education  = <!-- Minneapolis College of Art and Design--> Minneaoplis School of Art
}}

'''John Howard Sanden''' (August 6, 1935 – December 24, 2022) was an American [portrait artist](/source/portrait_painting).

==Biography==

===Early life===
Sanden was born in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin%2C_Texas), on August 6, 1935. He graduated from the [Minneapolis School of Art](/source/Minneapolis_School_of_Art) in 1956 with a bachelor of fine arts degree in illustration.<ref name=alumnus>[http://mcad.edu/125/alumni/john-howard-sanden Alumni Careers - John Howard Sanden, ’56], Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Accessed December 4, 2013.</ref>

===Career===
Sanden was the [Art Director](/source/Art_director) for the [Billy Graham Evangelistic Association](/source/Billy_Graham_Evangelistic_Association) from 1955 to 1970. He founded the [Portrait Institute](/source/Portrait_Institute).  He was also an instructor at The [Art Students League of New York](/source/Art_Students_League_of_New_York). He won the 2005 [Portraits, Inc.](/source/Portraits%2C_Inc.) Lifetime Achievement Award, for which a [scholarship](/source/Portraits%2C_Inc.) is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Huebner |title=Presidential portrait artist John Howard Sanden to speak Tuesday at Birmingham Museum of Art |url=http://www.al.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2013/09/presidential_portrait_artist_j.html |newspaper=AL |publisher=Alabama Media Group |date=September 23, 2013}}</ref>

For thirty-three years, Sanden had studios on the eleventh and then tenth floors of the South Studio Tower of [Carnegie Hall](/source/Carnegie_Hall), [New York City](/source/New_York_City), and in [Ridgefield, Connecticut](/source/Ridgefield%2C_Connecticut).

On May 31, 2012, Sanden's [official White House portraits](/source/John_Howard_Sanden's_Portraits_of_President_George_W._Bush_and_Mrs._Laura_Welch_Bush) of former President [George W. Bush](/source/George_W._Bush) and First Lady [Laura Bush](/source/Laura_Bush) were unveiled.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-18290003 | work=[BBC News](/source/BBC_News) | title=Wise-cracking George W Bush likes presidential portrait | date=May 31, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nysun.com/editorials/hanging-george-bush/ |work=[The New York Sun](/source/The_New_York_Sun) | title=Hanging George Bush | date=May 31, 2012 |accessdate=December 4, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Ridgefield-artist-paints-official-Bush-portraits-3608509.php |work=The New Times |publisher=Hearst Media Services Connecticut | title=Ridgefield artist paints official Bush portraits | date=June 4, 2012 |accessdate=December 4, 2013 }}</ref>

===Personal life and death===
Sanden died on December 24, 2022, at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ridgefield CT artist who painted former President Bush dies at 87 |url=https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/news/article/Ridgefield-artist-John-Howard-Sanden-Bush-portrait-17679633.php |access-date=December 28, 2022 |publisher=The Ridgefield Press |date=December 28, 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official|http://www.johnhowardsanden.com}}
*[http://portraitinstitute.com/ Portrait Institute]

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