[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 153 (Tuesday, October 20, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1489]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING NELSON SHANKS

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                      HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, October 20, 2015

  Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, from presidents to popes to princesses, 
Nelson Shanks painted them all.
  An internationally renowned portrait artist, he called my district of 
Bucks County home--painting some of his most iconic works in his studio 
in Andalusia, Bensalem.
  Throughout his decades-long career, Shanks served on the faculty of 
several prominent art organizations, including the Art Institute of 
Chicago and the National Academy of Design before founding Studio 
Incamminati in Philadelphia. Celebrated for his adherence to Realism, 
he was a recipient of the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement by the 
Portrait Society of America.
  While Shanks once remarked that ``If you can see it, and if you know 
your color, you can paint it,'' there is no doubt that his masterpieces 
far exceeded the simplicity he stated.
  Nelson Shanks passed away at the end of August, but his legacy lives 
on in the timeless works of art around the globe.

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