Portrait Society of America

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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
Fields Portraiture and Figurative art
OwnerEdward Jonas
Secretary General
Sam Adoquei

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 is dedicated to providing educational resources for everyone who has the curiosity for 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]

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

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Gold medal recipients

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

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