WORLD ART AWARDS Winners In Impressionism-Figure: KELLER, TANG, JOHNSTON, ROSSOUW, SUN, FORTIER, AGRAPHIOTIS, XIAORAN, KRONE, MICHELLE-PENTELBURY, WHITTINGTON, LIXIA & GOUGH

5 min readJun 28, 2023

The WORLD ART AWARDS winners in CATEGORY 21: IMPRESSIONISM / FIGURE live in USA, FRANCE, SOUTH AFRICA, CANADA, CHINA & NEW ZEALAND.

Artists from 79 countries competed in the 2023 WORLD ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the world were sent online images to score in drawing, painting, sculpture, digital and photography.

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: HUGO KELLER

While attending college, art was only a hobby of mine but I decided to take several art classes anyway, just for fun. That’s when my eyes were opened to so many possibilities. The more I watched others, the more I learned and the more I learned, the more comfortable I felt trying new and different techniques. I have always loved painting and have shipped my works to all 50 states and across dozens of countries.

I have participated in many art shows and exhibits throughout the country but I’m also quite overly shy by nature and try to generally stay out of public view letting my art do all of the speaking for me. After taking advice from a few friends, I eventually set up a website and began posting on social media. That’s where everything exploded for me and just really took off. I started getting sales from my website almost immediately and began building an ever increasing fan base on social media. Since then, I’ve never felt freer to explore and try new things. Each and every one of my artworks reflects my sensitivity, feelings and passion from my soul. www.hugokellerart.com

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

CATEGORY 21. IMPRESSIONISM — HUMAN

1ST PLACE — TIE HUGO KELLER USA 16x16” www.hugokellerart.com “Dancing Unencumbered” Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE LIMING TANG USA “Family Joy” 32x38" Oil on canvas.

2ND PLACE — TIE LOUISE-MARIE JOHNSTON FRANCE “Place De La Sorbonne, Paris” 73x60cm Oil on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA https://art.co.za/roelofrossouw/ ‘’The Car Wash Guys, Zanzibar Town’’ 24x33’’ Acrylic, collage and oil on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE CHANG YIN SUN CANADA chelsea.sun@me.com “Melody” 35x60” Oil on canvas.

3RD PLACE — TIE LUC FORTIER CANADA www.lucfortierpeintre.com “Erika 2” 91.4x91.4cm Acrylic on canvas.

4TH PLACE — TIE ELENA AGRAPHIOTIS FRANCE https://www.artmajeur.com/elena-mashajeva-agraphiotis “Mask” 36x36” Oil on canvas

4TH PLACE — TIE LEI XIAORAN CHINA “Childhood Time” 35x35cm Oil on linen.

5TH PLACE — TIE AARON KRONE USA https://kroneaaron.wixsite.com/aaronkrone “Through The Looking Glass” 18x24" Acrylic.

5TH PLACE — TIE RICHARD MICHELLE-PENTELBURY CANADA www.RichardMichellePentelbury.com “De Historia Et Veritate (On Quebec’s Plains Of Abraham)” 48x60” Oil on canvas.

5TH PLACE — TIE RHONDA WHITTINGTON CANADA https://www.rhondawhittington.com/dataviewer.asp “Hold My Hand” 10x8" Pastel on sanded paper.

6TH PLACE — TIE GUAN LIXIA CHINA “Silk Road Love — Camel Bells Relax” 40x50cm Oil on linen.

6TH PLACE — TIE PAULINE GOUGH NEW ZEALAND www.paulinegough.com “The Road Less Travelled” 76x76cm Acrylic, canvas.

Art collectors can see hundreds of winning images and contact info to all 50 CATEGORIES of winning artworks:

https://www.americanartawards.com/2023-winning-artists-world-art-awards/

In 2023, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 79 countries: Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chili, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Japan, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tobago, Trinidad, Turkey, UK, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, USA, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe.