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A third-generation
painter from Paris, Tennessee, Joseph Routon began his studies in art at Murray State University with Dr.Clara
Eagle. He studied portraiture in New York City at the Art Students
League with John Howard Sanden and David A. Leffel and with
Harvey Dinnerstein at the National Academy of Design, where
he was awarded the Ralph Weiler Prize. He was elected to artist
membership in the Salmagundi Club in NYC.
Additional study was in Philadelphia at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts with Arthur De Costa. In addition, he served
on the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts Fellowship and as editor of the Academy’s alumni
magazine.
His subjects have included attorneys, judges, justices, physicians,
university presidents and professors, clergy, bishops, business
professionals and children.
In addition to his art studies he has degrees in music. His hobbies include travel and photography. His photographs have appeared on the cover of Budget Travel Magazine,in the Travel section of the Philadelphia Inquirer, in advertising for the Travel Division of the Smithsonian Institution, and in the United Nations' publication, The InterDependent.
In 1990,
he founded an interfaith program to assist and support children
with HIV/AIDS in South Jersey. His wife is a church organist
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