Daniel E. Greene received his formal training at the Art Academy of Cincinnati and the Art Students League, as well as the National Academy of Design. Most celebrated for his portraiture, Greene has painted numerous leaders in government, banking, education and industry, including Eleanor Roosevelt, Astronaut Walter Schirra, Author Ayn Rand and William Randolph Hearst.
His work can be found in more than 500 public and private collections, including
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution and the White House.
Greene was elected to the Pastel Society of America’s Pastel Hall of Fame in 1983 and in 1995 received the American Society of Portrait Artists’ John Singer Sargent award. In 2001 he was named a gold medallist by the Portrait Society of America.