World’s Best Landscape Impressionists: HUBER, FILHO, IPSAN, LEWIS, ARRIOLA, XUE, ANTROPOVA, WHITTINGTON, RUPPENTAL, BLUME, JIARUI, MCCARTEN & GUIBIN / 2024 WORLD ART AWARDS

Thom Bierdz
6 min readJun 27, 2024

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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.

The WINNERS in CATEGORY 22. IMPRESSIONISM — LANDSCAPE represents AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, ITALY, USA, CANADA, CHINA, KAZAKHSTAN, POLAND & GERMANY.

BIO OF 1ST PLACE WINNER: CHRIS HUBER

Recognized as one of Australia’s most outstanding landscape artists, Chris Huber arrived in Australia in 1955 where she has lived ever since.

Inspired by the frescoes on the ancient walls in Italy, medieval hilltop farmhouses of Tuscany and fishing villages of Liguria, Chris Huber has travelled the world for many years to fuel her creative appetite, as well as drawing inspiration from the diversity of the Australian landscape. These varied influences, together with a love of interior design and architecture, have shaped her technique to create truly unique artworks.

Chris’s versatility and rich yet subtle palette has resulted in her paintings being represented in private and corporate collections all over the world, and images of her work are constantly selected for reproduction into fine art prints, calendars and cards, as well as collectors’ and gift products sold nationally and internationally.

With the changing demand for more contemporary artworks reflecting today’s modern design and architecture in Australia, Chris has also been painting a vibrant range of deeply layered, three dimensional artworks in collage, using tiles, metal, stones, and special compounds with wonderful colour mixes, all the while maintaining traditional methods of foundation and application to achieve unique professional results. This is one of the reasons she has been selected as an exhibiting member of the Australian Society of Marine Artists.

The desire to create a range of paintings with the specific aim of outdoor durability saw Chris dedicate time to working with a number of chemists to produce a special compound never before used which is added to the art materials to protect them from all types of weather — further proof of Chris’s commitment to quality in her art. https://www.hubersfineartgallery.com/

ART COLLECTORS — CONTACT THE WINNERS HERE: CATEGORY 22. IMPRESSIONISM — LANDSCAPE

1st Place CHRIS HUBER AUSTRALIA https://www.hubersfineartgallery.com/ “Spectacle Island” 39x67cm Oil, canvas, board.

2nd Place — Tie BAPTISTA GARIGLIO FILHO BRAZIL www.gariglio.art “Toledo Sight” 60x80cm Oil on canvas.

2nd Place — Tie FRANCESCO IPSAN ITALY https://francescoipsanart.com “Near My House” 17.5x25.5" Pastel on paper.

3rd Place — Tie GREGORY LEWIS USA https://www.instagram.com/luisifineart/ lu “The Valley” 24x12.5” Oil on linen.

3rd Place — Tie CHRIS HUBER AUSTRALIA https://www.hubersfineartgallery.com/ “Fleeting Rain” 120x100cm Oil on Belgian linen.

4th Place — Tie CARLOS ARRIOLA CANADA https://www.carlosartstudio.com ‘’Bonnechere River” 16x20” Acrylic on canvas board.

4th Place — Tie SONG XUE CHINA 274769860@qq.com “Autumn Colors Of Pingshan” 36x51cm Watercolor on paper.

5th Place — Tie LIZAVETA ANTROPOVA KAZAKHSTAN www.instagram.com/lizaveta.antropova/ “Rhythms” 38x56cm Watercolor on paper.

5th Place — Tie RHONDA WHITTINGTON CANADA https://www.rhondawhittington.com “The Day It Snowed” 28X35cm Pastel on paper.

5th Place — Tie TOMASZ RUPPENTAL POLAND tomaszruppental@wp.pl “Toskania” 80x60cm Oil on canvas.

5th Place — Tie BEATE BLUME GERMANY www.beateblume.de “Brooklyn Bridge Sunset” 40x50cm Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie LI JIARUI CHINA 1584863800@qq.com “Awakening Era” 100x70cm Acrylic and pastel on linen.

6th Place — Tie JAY MCCARTEN CANADA www.instagram.com/jay_mccarten “Night Of Rain” 30x40” Acrylic on canvas.

6th Place — Tie XUN GUIBIN CHINA mikexunwxy@sina.com “Into West Of SiChuan” 35x50cm Oil on canvas.

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.

The World Art Awards 20 Best Galleries & Museums for 2024 who were asked to score art: (in alphabetical order by country):

Best in Australia: Bungendore Wood Works Gallery

Best in Chile: Isabel Aninat Gallery

Best in Columbia: Beatriz Esguerra Art

Best in Czech Republic: Knupp Gallery

Best in Georgia: UGallery

Best in Israel: Corridor Contemporary

Best in Japan: Nanzuka Underground

Best in Latvia: Galerija Romas Darzs

Best in Malaysia: Gallery des Artistes / Gallery@Tropicana

Best in Morocco: Comptoir des Mines Galerie

Best in Myanmar: New Treasure Art Gallery

Best in Portugal: Underdogs

Best in Taiwan: 1839 Contemporary Gallery

Best in United Kingdom: Miart Gallery London

Best in USA / Alabama: Alabama Contemporary Art Center

Best in USA / Arizona: Exposures International Gallery Of Fine Art

Best in USA / Iowa: Moberg Gallery

Best in USA / Nebraska: Kiechel Fine Art

Best in USA / South Dakota: South Dakota Art Museum

Best in USA / Utah: Ogden Contemporary Arts

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Thom Bierdz

One of Medium’s TOP ART CONTRIBUTORS, award-winning author, actor, film-maker, painter. 12 books: 6 on art. President of WAA & AAA & ACCA.