Miniature art
Miniature art is a genre that focuses on art (especially painting, engraving and sculpture) in much-smaller-than-usual sizes. Miniature art societies, such as the World Federation of Miniaturists (WFM), provide applicable definitions of the term.[1]. An often-used definition is that a piece of miniature art is capable of being held in the palm of the hand, or that it covers less than 100 cm².
Miniature art has been made for over 1000 years and is prized by collectors. The US White House and the Smithsonian American Art Museum have collections of miniature art, and there is an American Museum of the Miniature Arts in the US state of Texas.
Artists of the miniature art genre
Painters
- Chrysoula Argyros (S. Africa)
- Liliane Balthazar (S. Africa)
- Eileen Bass (S. Africa)
- Susan Brooke (US)
- Mona Diane Conner (US)
- Jeanne Dunne (US)
- Jennifer Robb Hall (US)
- Tracy Hall (UK)
- Caroline Hayes (UK)
- Gail Hayton (US)
- Margaret Hicks (US)
- Karen Hull (Australia)
- Catherine Kraetschmer (S. Africa)
- Janet Laird Lagassee (US)
- Bonnie Latham (US)
- Karen Latham (US)
- Rebecca Latham (US)
- Bill Mundy (UK)
- Ron Parvu (US)
- Lynn Ponto-Peterson (US)[2]
- Kay Petryszak (US)
- Cherylee Powell (S. Africa)
- Pat Puttergill (S. Africa)
- Veny Arsenov (US) [3]
- Rachelle Siegrist (US)
- Wes Siegrist (US)
- Jacqueline Mitchell Smith (US)
- Ellen Strope (US)
- Magda Szabo (Canada)
- Sally Townsend (S. Africa)
- Barbara Valentine (UK)
- Donna Van Baalen (US)
- Wayne Waldron (US)
- David Weston (UK)
- Joan Cornish Willies (US)
- Hanna Zbroniec (Poland)[4]
Sculptors
- Daniel Dorall (Australia)
- Kerri Pajutee (US)
- Vincent Picard (Canada)[5]
Miniature art societies & groups
- Association of Miniature Artists (AMA)[6] (International)
- Australian Society of Miniature Art (ASMA/NSW)[7] (New South Wales)
- Australian Society of Miniature Art (ASMA/Tas) (Tasmania)
- Australian Society of Miniature Art (ASMA/Vic) (Victoria)
- AVIT (St. Petersburg, Russia)
- British Watercolor Society and Society of Miniaturists[8] (UK)
- Cider Painters of America (US)
- Hilliard Society of Miniaturists (HS)[9] (UK)
- International Guild of Miniature Artists (IGMA)[10] (International)
- Israel Miniature Art Society (IMAS) (Israel)
- Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF)[11] (US state of Florida)
- Miniature Artists of America (MAA)[12] (US)
- Miniature Arts Society of South Africa (MASSA)[13]
- Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington (MPSGS) (US Federal District of Washington D.C.)
- New Mexico Miniature Arts Society (NMMAS) (US state of New Mexico)
- Northern California Society of Arts in Miniature (NCSAM) (US state of California, headquartered in Mariposa, California)
- Oceanside Miniature Miniature Art Society (OMAS) (Canadian province of British Columbia)
- Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers (RMS)[14] (UK)
- Society of Limners (SLM)[15] (UK)
- South Texas Miniature Art Society (STMAS) (US state of Texas, headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas)
- West Coast Society of Miniature Art (WCSMA) (US state of California)
- World Federation of Miniaturists (WFM)[16] (International)
References
See also
External links
Further reading
- Johnson, Dale T. (1990). American Portrait Miniatures, In The Manney Collection. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 0-87099-597-9.
- Ridley, Jo Ann (1997). Looking For Eulabee Dix, The Illustrated Biography of an American Miniaturist. The National Museum of Women in the Arts. ISBN 0-940979-36-5.
- Burton, Sue (1995). The Techniques of Painting Miniatures. B.T. Batsford Ltd.. ISBN 0-7134-7459-9.
- Hughes, Johnson (1994). How to Paint Miniatures. Quintet Publishing Ltd.. ISBN 0-7858-0029-8.
- Livermann, Petryszak. Catalog of the Collection. The Miniature Art Society of Florida}date=2000.
- Mundy, Bill (2005). Portrait Miniatures. William P. Mundy. ISBN 0-9550017-0-6.
- Mundy, Bill (2006). Portrait Miniatures 2. William P. Mundy. ISBN 0-9550017-1-4.
- Mundy, Bill (2008). Portrait Miniatures Oriental. William P. Mundy. ISBN 0-9 550017-3-0.
- Murdoch, John (1981). The English Miniature. Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-02778-8.
- Frank, Robin Jaffee (2000). Love and Loss American Portrait and Mourning Miniatures. Yale University Art Gallery. ISBN 0-300-08724-1.
- Foskett, Daphne (1987). Miniatures Dictionary and Guide. The Antique Collectors' Club Ltd.. ISBN 1-85149-063-9.
- Willies, Joan Cornish (1995). Miniature Painting. Watson-Guptill Publications. ISBN 0-8230-2979-4.
- Wood, Elizabeth Davies (1989). Painting Miniatures. A&C Black Ltd.. ISBN 0-8230-3717-7.
- Historic and Contemporary Miniature Artists (1994). Timeless Treasures (DVD). The Miniature Art Society of Florida.
- Murrell, Jim (1983). The Way How to Lymne. Victoria and Albert Museum. ISBN 0-905209-39-7.
- Reynolds, Graham (1998). British Portrait Miniatures. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-59202-x.
- Siegrist, Wes (2008). Exquisite Miniatures by Wes & Rachelle Siegrist. Wes Siegrist. ISBN 978-0-9821278-0-3.
- Siegrist, Wes (2010). Modern Masters of Miniature Art in America. Wes Siegrist. ISBN 978-0-9821278-3-4.