Hosted by Somerville Manning Gallery in Greenville, Delaware, the American Impressionist Society's 24th Annual National Juried Exhibition will feature nearly 170 juried paintings by some of the most prestigious artists work in the genre today. These works were selected from more than 1,600 entries by a five-signature member panel who rated the pieces in a blind jury process. An additional 25 paintings by AIS Masters, officers and founders will also be in the exhibition.
"You will see an incredible range of subject matter in our show," says AIS president Debra Joy Groesser. "From floral and still life, to animals, figures and portraits, to city scenes, landscapes, seascapes and more. We accept a wide variety of mediums too, including oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, casein and more. This adds another level of variety not seen in many other juried exhibitions of this caliber."
Works are juried into the show based on technical merit and whether or not the piece qualifies as impressionistic. "It's easier to define impressionism by what it isn't than what it is," explains Groesser. "It is not tightly rendered realism and it is not non-representational abstract. There is a wide range of work in between those two that qualifies as impressionism."
AIS Master Quang Ho will serve as Judge of Awards and is responsible for presenting more than $75,000 in cash and prizes, including a $12,000 cash award for best of show, to the winning artists.
This story is from the August 2023 edition of American Art Collector.
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