Alexandra Tyng  »  Philadelphia, PA

Certificate of Excellence, 2007, Portrait Society of America

Constantine Papadakis, Presdent
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


Alexandra Tyng
Philadelphia, PA
Fee range: $6,000-$18,000

inquiry@portraitartist.com
727-510-4394

About the Artist

Alexandra Tyng is a realist painter whose work combines traditional methods with a contemporary viewpoint. Alex was born in Rome, Italy, and has lived in Philadelphia most of her life. Primarily self-taught, Alex chose an academic education over art school. She learned traditional oil painting techniques by examining the work of the old masters, reading about the methods and materials of other artists, and watching artists paint.

Alex’s portraits incorporate descriptive backgrounds and a uniquely figurative sensibility. Her non-commissioned figurative work focuses on people in the process of living and interacting in their own environments, rather than in formal poses. In other paintings the figures become distant focal points while the setting predominates. Alex’s landscapes range from intimate views of particular places to mountaintop panoramas to large-scale aerial views of the glacially carved land formations of coastal Maine. 

Alex has had solo shows in New York, Maine, and Philadelphia. Her work is included in many public, corporate and private collections in the U.S. and abroad. Her figurative paintings and portraits have garnered awards from the Portrait Society of America, the Allied Artists of America, the Woodmere Art Museum, The Artist’s Magazine, and American Artist. In 2008 Alex was selected as one of Maine’s outstanding artists by Maine Home +Design; in 2009 an article on her landscape work appeared in that same publication.  Her Maine landscapes have also been featured in The Art of Monhegan by Carl Little, and in art magazines including Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector, The Artist’s MagazineInternational Artist, and O&S (Poets and Artists). Alex leads workshops in Maine and Philadelphia, and teaches portraiture in the Philadelphia area. Alex is a member of the Maine Landscape Guild, and the founder of Portraits For the Arts, an ongoing philanthropic project that uses the power of portraiture to raise money for the arts in the Philadelphia area.




Portrait Fees

To inquire about commissioning a portrait or works available please contact Cynthia Daniel through email or by calling 727-510-4394.



Additional portraits

Louis I. Kahn, Architect
Jerry Grunwald, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Robert S. Fisher, M.D.
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Constantine Papadakis, Presdent
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
David M. Felsen
Headmaster, Friends Central School
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Chuck Pennoni, President
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Bruce A. Fenderson, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology
Thomas Jefferson University
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Gretchen Worden, Mutter Museum
Philadelphia College of Physicians
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 
Claude Frank
German-born American pianist
Anne Griswold Tyng
Architechtural Archives
University of Pennsylvania
Louis I. Kahn, Architect
R. John Chapel
 President & Chief Executive Officer
White Hall Capital, LLC
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The Honorable Norma L. Shapiro
Historical Society of The U.S District Court
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Gretchen Diemer, M.D.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
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Steven K. Herrin, M.D.
Thomas Jeffersion University Hospital
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Alan Cohen, M.D.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Works for sale

New World
The Grandmothers
Point of Turning
The Unseen Aspect.
Hidden
Green
The Wish
Royalty
 
The Letter A
Perigee
Art and Legacy
Event Horizon
Jaanipev
Red Mansard, Stonington
Fish Houses against the Light
Fish Houses and Blue Truck
 
Through the Barn, Florida Farm
Surface in Motion
Park Loop
Peaked Shadow
Morning Sun over Monhegan Village
Home and House
Afternoon Ferry
Docksiders
 
Edge of the Lake
Northeast Shift
First Awake
     
 
 
 




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