World’s Best Figure Impressionists: ROSSOUW, YANTENG, RINGGOLD, SCHMIDT, PIER, CONVERSE, ILICHEV, PARK, SWOFFORD, ZHANG, SCAPPATICCI & RIVO / 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS
Artists from 64 countries competed in the 2024 AMERICAN ART AWARDS where 20 of the most revered galleries in the USA 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 featured in an upcoming movie and 75 articles.
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Art collectors can see the hundreds of winning artworks and corresponding contact info to the best contemporary artists in the world here: https://americanartawards.com/2024-winning-artists-american-art-awards/
The WINNERS in CATEGORY 21 represent SOUTH AFRICA, USA, GERMANY, TURKEY, CHINA, CANADA & PORTUGAL.
BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER:
ROELOF ROSSOUW IMPRESSIONIST ARTIST FROM SOUTH AFRICA
I was born in Benoni, South Africa in 1957. When I was seventeen my art teacher took us on a European Art Tour, and I fell in love with travel. Since 1995 I have visited a foreign country almost every year, mainly England and Europe. I have painted in Italy, Kiev, France and USA
From 1979 to 1981 I studied at the Art School in Johannesburg gaining a National Diploma in Art and Design (Graphic Design). From April 1982 to April 1990, I worked for MEDUNSA (Medical University of Southern Africa) as a graphic artist and medical illustrator. During this time, I discovered modern impressionistic painters such as Ken Howard and Bernard Dunstan of England, Max Agostini of France. Also New York portrait painter Everett Raymond Kinstler, and began studying their loose brush work which appeared in books and magazines
I started painting seriously daily in 1992 and in late 1994, I became a successful full-time artist. This year I am celebrating 30 years of freedom. A total of 50 solo exhibitions at top galleries in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Cheltenham UK. Numerous group exhibitions in South Africa, London, Cheltenham, Glasgow, Jersey, Galway, Montreal, San Francisco, Miami and New York.
INVICTUS ARTWORK: In 2009 three of my oil paintings of South African landscapes featured as props in Clint Eastwood’s movie ‘’Invictus’’. When Mr. Eastwood left the set he decided to buy two of the paintings for his personal collection
AWARDS / First prize for Eric Bolsman Book cover competition / First, second and third place in the 2014 American Art Awards in category 21: ‘’The Human Figure Impressionism’’ / Multiple annual winner in all the American Art Awards, winning a cash prize in 2024 for coming third in the whole contest of Art Collectors Choice Awards.
CONTACT THE ARTISTS:
CATEGORY 21. IMPRESSIONISM — FIGURE
1st Place ROELOF ROSSOUW SOUTH AFRICA https://www.roelofrossouwart.com ‘’It Was A Perfect Day’’ 30'x40'’ Oil on canvas.
2nd Place — Tie XIONG YANTENG USA 118085618@qq.com “Raindrop Melancholy” 11x11” Pastel.
2nd Place — Tie KENNEDY RINGGOLD USA www.Trillexpaa.com “Concrete Hurry” 36x48” Oil on canvas.
3rd Place — Tie CLAUS JÜRGEN SCHMIDT GERMANY https://www.artpal.com/c-j-s “Decent Pretty Lilly In The Pond” 45x60cm Digital artwork.
3rd Place — Tie BRIAN PIER USA www.brianpierart.com “Sunset On Folly Beach” 16x20” Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie PEGGY CONVERSE USA grammypeggyc@yahoo.com “Exploring The Shore” 28x36” Oil on canvas.
4th Place — Tie ALEKSANDR ILICHEV TURKEY https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-PORTRAIT/84668/9483795/view “Portrait” 120x100cm Acrylic on canvas.
5th Place — Tie KAYLA J. PARK USA Boyoinji@gmail.com “Joyful Waves Of Childhood” 18x24” Acrylic on canvas.
5th Place — Tie JOHN SWOFFORD USA https://www.johnmerrillswofford.com 24x30" “Eula, Lillie, And Dewey Lowery” Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie LILY ZHANG CHINA 25lilyz@wab.edu “Lily’s World” 27.6x35.4" Oil on canvas.
6th Place — Tie MARY-LOUISE SCAPPATICCI CANADA https://mlscap.wixsite.com/ml-scappaticci “Charlee” 16x20” Acrylic on canvas.
6th Place — Tie LENA RIVO PORTUGAL https://www.lenarivo.com/ “My Dear Friend” 6x7” Gouache.
In 2024, AMERICAN ART AWARDS had submissions from these 64 countries: Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, China, Congo Democratic Republic, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea (Republic, South), Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Macedonia, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Tobago, Togo, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vietnam, USA, Zambia.
American Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024 (in alphabetical order by state) asked to score art:
BEST IN ARIZONA: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art
BEST IN COLORADO: Mirada Fine Art
BEST IN CONNECTICUT: Fairfield University Art Museum (FUAM)
BEST IN FLORIDA: MAC Art Galleries
BEST IN IDAHO: Capitol Contemporary Gallery
BEST IN ILLINOIS: Jackson Junge Gallery
BEST IN INDIANA: Kuaba Gallery
BEST IN KANSAS: 2010 Gallery
BEST IN LOUISIANA: GRYDER
BEST IN MINNESOTA: Kolman & Reeb Gallery
BEST IN MISSOURI: The Museum of Art and Archaeology
BEST IN NEW HAMPSHIRE: Candita Clayton Gallery
BEST IN NEW JERSEY: Evalyn Dunn Gallery
BEST IN NEW MEXICO: Thornwood Gallery
BEST IN NORTH CAROLINA: Ambleside Gallery
BEST IN PENNSYLVANIA: Morton Contemporary Art Gallery
BEST IN SOUTH CAROLINA: Mary Martin Galleries Of Fine Art
BEST IN UTAH: Modern West
BEST IN VERMONT: The Current
BEST IN WASHINGTON: ArtX Contemporary
American Art Awards https://www.americanartawards.com/ annually awards 20 museums and/or galleries, who agree to score art and award nearly 300+ deserving contemporary artists from 60+ countries: painters, photographers, sculptors and digital artists.
