KENNETH HARI ~ International Portraitist

FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS ____________ LINDA TOBOROWSKY ~ Host ~ Writer ____________ ROY M. STEINBERG~ Artist/ Gallery _____________ KATHRYN JOHNSON GLASER~ Educator ~ Docent ~ Co-Host _____________ KENNETH HARI ~ International Portraitist _____________ DR. HADASSAH GUTTMANN Pianist ~ Educator ___________ Photos Page 1 - 2006 -2007 (1) ___________________ Photos Page 2 - 2006 -2007 (2)_____________ Andy Rothstein Guitarist ~ Songwriter ~ Composer ____________ EAST BRUNSWICK LIBRARY - A 21st Century Community Center ____________ LARRY GROCE - Singer ~ Composer ~ Executive Director of FESTIVALL~ 'When A City Becomes A Work of Art' ____________ ROBERT CUCCIOLI Actor ` Singer ` Director Stage & Television ___________ PHIL PEPE Sports Writer ~ Author _____________ Gary Cohen Producing Director MIDDLESEX COUNTY'S Plays-In-The-Park ______________ MARVIN CHEITEN, Ph.D Playwright ~ Director _____________ Katelyn Dawn - Composer - Singer - Musician ___________ GRANT COOPER ~ Conductor - WVa Symphony ___________ HEALING THROUGH CREATIVITY _____________ THE REDDING BROTHERS ~ Musicians ~ Composers _____________ GARY JAMES Poet - Author - Speaker ___________ POETS WEDNESDAY Edie Eustice ~ Deborah LaVeglia ____________ BARRON ARTS CENTER --CYNTHIA KNIGHT Director ______________ RUTH KIRK - Author Childrens' Books ____________ BLENKO GLASS COMPANY ___________ Dr. MARTIN HALPERN Playwright ~ Poet ~ Composer ~ Educator ___________ LEO KRAFT Composer ~ Theorist ~ Pedagogue ____________ Bobby Gonzalez Storyteller ____________ Middlesex County Cultural & Heritage Commission ___________ ANGELO ORLANDO, Jr. Edison Art Society ______________ MARK TRAUTMAN ~ Conductor ~ New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra _____________ Dr. JOHN SEMMLOW ~ President - NBCO ___________ THORNEY LIEBERMAN~ Photographer ___________ BARBARA GOOD - Pianist~ Soloist MyLifeTime Book ____________ ZITA GEOFFROY HEINZ ~ Actor _____________ AILA ACCAD Speaker ~ Author _____________ BRUCE K. HALEY, Jr --Photographer _______________ CINDY BOGGS- Author - Instructor - Speaker ____________ JULIA SADD Journalist - Lyricist - Author ____________ DEBBIE HILL - Photojournalist ____________ NOELLE COMPINSKY TINTURIN~ Pianist ____________ REBECCA SCOTT - Conductor- Cantabile Chamber Chorale ______________ STEPHEN H. FOREMAN - Screenwriter- Author ___________ DR. BERNARD ROSE ` Musician - Educator _____________ DR. ANITA O. SOLOMON Clinical Psychologist ~ Musician _____________ LARRY McCULLOUGH, Ph.D. Playwright ` Musician ~ Educator ______________ EVA ETZIONI-HALEVY, Ph.D. Biblical Novelist _____________ LIKE-MINDED ENTERTAINMENT~ Film Makers ______________ A Tribute to MARCEL MARCEAU _____________ ROIA RAFIEYAN~ Singer ~ Musician ~ Composer ~ Music Therapist ______________ DR. THEODORE K. SCHLOSBERG ~ NJ Workshop on the Arts ______________ The VILLAGER'S THEATRE _____________ RUSS McCUBBIN ACTOR - STUNTMAN ______________ BOB YUROCHKO~ Musician ~ Author ~ Artist ______________ NINA HAND - Performer - Executive Director _____________ LINDA VONDERSCHMIDT-LaSTELLA _____________ A TRIBUTE to the BEATLES _____________

Portraitist~ Sculptor ~ Artist

 
Kenneth Hari believes in the tradition of portraiture to preserve and record people who have contributed to Mankind in the world of Science, Entertainment, Art, and Business.

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Poet W. H. Auden 
The notable poet W. H. Auden wrote of Kenneth Hari:

"Your portraits should serve as a unification of Man, not as decorative ornaments. Continue your portrait work. It is excellent."


Over the past 38 years Kenneth Hari has continued his craft as a master portraitist.  His portraits and lithographs are part of many collections throughout the world including the Vatican, Rome, Italy; the Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain; the National Gallery, Sophia, Bulgaria; the National Portrait Gallery, London, England; and held by numerous businesses, institutions, universities, and within many private collections.
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Click Here for a Full List of Kenneth Hari's Portraits of world celebrities created through personal sittings and postumously.

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Sunday March 24, 1974
Kenneth Hari was
notified that
Pope Paul VI
accepted,
"With Gratitude"
the gift of Ken's
lithograph "Prophet."
The original print
is in the Vatican's
collection of work
by contemporary artists.

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BILL MONROE  Father of Bluegrass 1976   Portrait by  KENNETH HARI

Photo of BILL MONROE with Portraitist KENNETH HARI

In 1976, Kenneth Hari created the portrait of Bill Monroe. Kenneth describes those special hours with 'The Father of Bluegrass,' during the sittings, as memorable and enjoyable and found Bill Monroe to be a 'Gentleman's Gentleman."  

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Portrait of Actor Dustin Hoffman by Kenneth Hari

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"Kenneth, thank you for painting me.  Your portrait is not a mere inspiration, the transient expression of private moods, but a work of communication meant to endure."    Dustin Hoffman

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Photo of Kenneth Hari with Dustin Hoffman during portrait sitting.

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Kenneth Hari's Crystal Lucite Sculptures

MOSES ~  BEATRICE ~ THE PROPHET 

 

 

 

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Kenneth Hari with Canadian Singer - Composer - Musician, Katelyn Dawn
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Kenneth and Katelyn Dawn in Canada
During one of the sittings for her portrait
April  2008