Portrait Society of America

Portrait Society of America is an art organization[1] based in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. Established in 1998, the Portrait Society of America is a 501(C)3 registered charity was set to serve the purpose of an art education organization to foster the art of like portraiture, figurative art and Contemporary-Traditional Art through art programs and publications.[2][3] The Portrait Society provides educational resources including technical information, aesthetics in traditional art and history of portraiture and figurative art.[4] The Portrait Society has more than 2,750 members around the globe.[5][6]

Portrait Society of America
FounderGordon Wetmore, Edward Jonas, Tom Donahue
Founded atMagnolia Drive, Tallahassee, United States
Headquarters1109 S Magnolia Dr, Tallahassee, FL 32301, United States
ServicesArt Programs, Publications
FieldsPortraiture and Figurative art
OwnerEdward Jonas
Secretary General
Sam Adoquei

The Portrait Society was established by Edward Jonas, Gordon Wetmore, and Tom Donahue as a national non-profit organization in 1998. The organization is governed by an executive board and advisory board in which Daniel Greene, James Gurney, Rhoda Sherbell, Burton Silverman and Mary Whyte are members of the board.[2]

Competitions

The Portrait Society of America hosts three competitions annually with The International Portrait Competition being the most prominent one.  After many rounds of selection, twenty finalists are selected to exhibit their original work at The Art of the Portrait conference for a final round of judging and the selection of the awards. The William F. Draper Grand Prize is the top award given by the organization.

William F. Draper Prize Winners
YearArtist
1999William Chambers
2000Yuqi Wang
2001Michael Shane Neal
2002Jason Bouldin
2003Robert Liberace
2004Laura Clark
2005Romulo Galicano
2006Vauseo Klamath
2007Glenn Harrington
2008Jean-Paul Tibbles
2009Joseph Todorovitch
2010Harry Ahn
2011Jesus Villarreal
2012Julio Reyes
2013Leslie Adams
2014Bryce Billings
2015Max Ginsburg
2016Michael Klein
2017David Kassan
2018 Daniel Keys
2019 Seth Haverkamp
2021 Annie Murphy-Robinson
2022 Luis Alvarez Roure
2023 Paul Newton

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Gold medal recipients
YearArtist
1999William Franklin Draper[8]
2000Everett Raymond Kinstler[9]
2001Daniel E. Greene[10]
2002Jamie Wyeth[9]
2003Glenna Goodacre[9]
2004Burton Silverman[5]
2005Richard Schmid[5]
2006Andrew Wyeth[5]
2007Harvey Dinnerstein[5]
2009Nelson Shanks[5]
2010John Howard Sanden[5]
2011Philip Pearlstein[5]
2012Marshall Bouldin[5]
2013Charles Reid[5]
2014Joe Bowler[5]
2015Bruno Lucchesi[5]
2016Mary Whyte[5]
2017Rhoda Sherbell[11]
2019Dean Mitchell[12]
2021 Max Ginsburg[13]

References
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  2. "portrait-society-new | ABOUT US". Portrait Society of America. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  3. "Portrait Society". www.culturalartscenteronline.org. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  4. "Portrait of the island artist | The Royal Gazette:Bermuda Lifestyle - Mobile". www.royalgazette.com. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  5. "A Stroke of Genius Portrait Artists - Corporate, Government, Political, Military, Official, Family & Children's Portraits". portraitartist.com. Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  6. "FSU Art Students Awarded Exceptional Opportunity Award to Attend The Portrait Society of America Annual Conference". Department of Art. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  7. https://www.portraitsociety.org/ipc-history
  8. Johnson, Ken (2003-11-01). "William Draper, 90, Painter Who Portrayed Presidents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  9. "A Stroke of Genius Portrait Artists - Corporate, Government, Political, Military, Official, Family & Children's Portraits". portraitartist.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  10. "Daniel E. Greene - Portrait Artist, Subway Paintings, Still Lifes, Workshops, Paint Sets & Painting Videos". www.danielgreeneartist.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  11. "Portrait Society of America - September ENews". myemail.constantcontact.com. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  12. "Dean Mitchell's Marie Brooks Gallery – American Figurative Artist". Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  13. "Gold Medal". portrait-society-new. Retrieved 2023-02-07.
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