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J. Russell Jinishian Sporting Art News
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Aside from the many artists represented, artwork is also taken on consignment for resale. Mr. Jinishian is well known as a lecturer on marine art and is available for lectures or traveling exhibitions.
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J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, Inc.
Greenwich Workshop
Gallery Building, Upper Level
1657 Post Road, Fairfield, Connecticut 06824
Telephone: 203.259.8753 . Fax: 203.259.8761 . Email:
rjinishian@optonline.net
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A
graduate of Cornell University, J. Russell Jinishian has over 25 years
experience in the art field. He served as a Programs Director for the
Silvermine Guild of Artists, the nation's oldest Guild of Artists in New
Canaan, Connecticut. He was the Art Columnist for the Connecticut Post
Newspaper for 6 years and his reviews appeared regularly in Art New
England. He also was a contributing editor of Nautical World Magazine
where his popular column on marine art appeared regularly. He is known
internationally as Director of the Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport
Museum, from 1985 to 1995, the largest gallery of marine art in the
country. During that period, he represented over 300 of the top marine
artists from around the world, sponsoring many groundbreaking
exhibitions including the first-ever American exhibition by the British
Royal Society of Marine Artists and the Dutch Society of Marine Artists.
For three years, he served as Director of the Big Horn Galleries in
Fairfield, Connecticut, which also operated galleries in Aspen,
Colorado, in Carmel, California and Cody, Wyoming. He continues to write
widely on the subject of marine art and art for publications like
Sailing, Sea History, and others. He is the author of Bound for Blue
Water, considered the definitive guide to Contemporary Marine Art. He
also publishes Marine Art Quarterly, a magazine devoted to the marine
art market. He has lectured nationally on marine art and collecting, and
has served as juror for many exhibitions, including two years for the
prestigious Art for the National Parks Exhibition, and is a member of
the New York Yacht Club.
