Miniature art
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Miniature art is a genre that focuses on art in miniature. Painting, engraving, sculpture, etc. Miniature art societies, such as the World Federation of Miniaturists (WFM), provide different size definitions of miniature painting, many of which specify that it should not be larger than 100 square centimeters in metric societies. The charm of miniature art is in part that it can be held in the palm of the hand.
Miniature art has been made for over 1000 years and is prized by collectors. The White House and the Smithsonian American Art Museum both have collections of miniature art, and there is an American Museum of the Miniature Arts in Texas.
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[edit] Artists of the Miniature Art Genre
[edit] Painters
- Chrysoula Argyros (S. Africa)
- Liliane Balthazar (S. Africa)
- Jeanne Dunne (U.S.A.)
- Margaret Hicks (U.S.A.)
- Jennifer Robb Hall (U.S.A.)
- Catherine Kraetschmer (S. Africa)
- Janet Laird Lagassee (U.S.A.)
- Bill Mundy (UK)
- Cherylee Powell (S. Africa)
- Pat Puttergill (S. Africa)
- Wes & Rachelle Siegrist (U.S.A.)
- Jacqueline Mitchell Smith (U.S.A.)
- Ellen Strope (U.S.A.)
- Sally Townsend (S. Africa)
- Barbara Valentine (UK)
- Donna Van Baalen (U.S.A.)
- Hanna Zbroniec (Poland)
[edit] Miniature Art Societies
- ASMA: Australian Society of Miniature Art (New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria)
- British Watercolor Society And Society Of Miniaturists (UK)
- CPA: Cider Painters of America (U.S.A.)
- HS: Hilliard Society of Miniaturists (UK)
- IMAS: The Israel Miniature Art Society
- MAA: The Miniature Artists of America (U.S.A.)
- MASF: Miniature Art Society of Florida
- MASSA: Miniature Arts Society of South Africa
- MPSGS: Miniature Painters Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington, D.C. (U.S.A.)
- RMS: The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers (UK)
- Société des Artists en Miniature et Arts Précieux de France
- SLM: The Society of Limners (UK)
- WFM: The World Federation of Miniaturists
[edit] Other links
[edit] Further reading
- 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 (2000). Catalog of the Collection. The Miniature Art Society of Florida.
- Mundy, Bill (2005). Portrait Miniatures. William P. Mundy. ISBN 0-9550017-0-6.
- 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 [VHS]. The Miniature Art Society of Florida.
