World’s Best Contemporary Oil Painters / WORLD ART AWARDS: PAULSEN, KUPERMAN, SELIN, EARLEY, MCCARTIN, EDEH, SUGRALINOVA, SAMDALIRI, RINGGOLD, SHENGJIE, ZILI, DE PARI, PILEWICZ & DAIZ

5 min readJun 24, 2024

Artists from 61 countries competed in the 2024 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. The 300+ winning works, 1st to 6th Place (and ties) in all 50 categories, will be revealed in this column one category at a time, and also an upcoming movie.

Enter Your Art | World Art Awards & American Art Awards

ANNUAL ONLINE COMPETITION for painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists, judged by 25 galleries.

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The WINNERS in CATEGORY 1 OIL — FIGURE represent NORWAY, USA, POLAND, UK, AUSTRALIA, NIGERIA, CHINA, ITALY & SPAIN.

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE:

1st Place JON BØE PAULSEN NORWAY https://artrenewal.org/artists/jon-be-paulsen/7440 “The Last Letter” 70x100cm Oil on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie EUGENE KUPERMAN USA http://www.kuperart.com
“Boulevard Of Broken Dreams” 36x24” Oil on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie MARLENA SYLWIA SELIN POLAND www.marlenaselin.netgaleria.pl “Female Warrior” 80x100cm Oil, canvas.

3rd Place — Tie JAMES EARLEY UK www.jamesearleyartist.com 28x39” “Mother And Daughter” Oil on canvas.

3rd Place — Tie JOHN MCCARTIN AUSTRALIA https://www.johnmccartin-artist.com “Louisa” 50x47cm Oil on Belgian linen.

4th Place — Tie 5EMEKA EMMANUEL EDEH NIGERIA 118x145cm https://www.instagram.com/3epencil “Procrastination” Oil on canvas.

4th Place — Tie LENA SUGRALINOVA USA
“The Young Mona” 16x20" Oil on wood. https://www.lenasugralinova.com/

5th Place — Tie GARY SAMDALIRI UK www.Artsamd.co.uk
“Chief Running Antelope Portrait Painting” 100x80cm Oil on canvas.

5th Place — Tie KENNEDY RINGGOLD USA www.Trillexpaa.com
“Kyrie” 24x30” Oil on canvas.

5th Place — Tie AN SHENGJIE CHINA 1065978197@qq.com 50x60cm
“Mr. Liang Shuming, A Great Confucian Scholar Of An Era” Oil on linen.

5th Place — Tie TAN ZILI CHINA 1076515762@qq.com
“Journey To Tibet — Return From Horse Racing” 140x102cm Oil on linen.

6th Place — Tie ANNA DE PARI ITALY www.annadepari.com
“Sibylla Libia, Homage to Guercino” 55x70cm Oil on linen canvas.

6th Place — Tie ANNA RUTA PILEWICZ POLAND www.facebook.com/ferneyeart “My Nocturnal Animals, From The Cycle: Black Sun” 65x80cm Oil on canvas.

6th Place — Tie DAMA DAIZ SPAIN marisadiaz63@gmail.com
“Red Tattoo” 50x70cm Oil on paper.

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

2024 winning artists world art awards — World Art Awards & American Art Awards

ART COLLECTORS, SEE 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS WINNING IMAGES & CONTACTS: Categories 1–10 Categories 11–20 Categories 21–30…

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In 2024, WORLD ART AWARDS had submissions from these 61 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic Of Congo, Denmark, England, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Nepal, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, UK, Ukraine, USA, Viet Nam, Wales, Zambia.