Benjamin West Clinedinst (1859-1931)

Awarded for the achievement of exceptional artistic merit. The medal was established in 1947 to commemorate Benjamin West Clinedinst's dedication to the fundamental and traditional principles of Art, his interest in his fellow artists and his devotion to the Fellowship. The following artists have been honored:

1948 - Charles Bittinger (painter)

1949 - Charles D. Maginnis (architect)

1950 - Ernest R. Roth (etcher)

1951 - Kurt H. Volk (typographer)

1952 - Grace Albee (wood engraver)

1953 - Georg Lober (sculptor)

1954 - William R. Leigh

1955 - Walter Biggs (illustrator)

1956 - Stow Wengenroth (lithographer)

1957 - Gordon Grant (painter)

1958 - Ivan G. Olinsky (painter)

1959 - Ogden Pleissner (painter)

1960 - Charles B. Falls (illustrator)

1961 - Frederic Whitaker (painter)

1962 - Eugene F. Kennedy, Jr. (architect)

1963 - Edwin Dickinson (painter)

1964 - John C. Johansen (painter)

1965 - John Koch (painter)

1966 - Norman Rockwell (illustrator)

1967 - C. Paul Jennewein (sculptor)

1968 - Eugene Savage (painter) (sculptor)

1969 - Sidney E. Dickinson (painter)

1970 - John Folinsbee (painter)

1971 - Margery Ryerson (painter)

1972 - John E. Costigan (painter)

1973 - Leon Kroll (painter)

1974 - A. Henry Nordhausen (painter)

1975 - Gaetano Cecere (sculptor)

1976 - Paul Bransom (painter)

1977 - Chen Chi (painter)

1978 - Will Barnet (painter)

1979 - Eric Sloane (painter)

1980 - Isabel Bishop (painter)

1981 - Xavier Gonzalez (painter)

1982 - Jack Levine (painter)

1983 - Louise Nevelson (sculptor)

1984 - Donald Teague (painter)

1985 - Robert Beverly Hale (artist)

1986 - Everett Raymond Kinstler (painter)

1987 - Jacob Lawrence (painter)

1988 - Hugh Hardy (architect)

1989 - Paul Cadmus (painter)

1990 - Michael Graves (architect)

1991 - Clare Romano & John Ross (printmakers)

1992 - William F. Draper (painter)

1993 - Sidney Simon (painter)

1994 - Mark Freeman (painter)

1995 - Pat Oliphant (artist)

1996 - Hughie Lee-Smith (painter)

1997 - Jane Freilicher (painter)

1998 - Peter Cox (painter)

1999 - Daniel E. Greene (painter)

2000 - Paul Jenkins (painter)

2001 - Richard Hunt (sculptor)

2002 - Frank Mason (painter)

2003 - Bruno Lucchesi (sculptor)

2004 - Francis Cunningham (painter)

2005 - Philip Pearlstein (painter)

2006 - Morton Kaish (painter)

2007 - Lois Dodd (painter)

2008 - David Levine (painter)

2009 - not awarded

2010 - Robert Kipniss (painter/printmaker)

2011 - Stanley Bleifeld (sculptor)

2012 - Knox Martin (painter)

2013 - William Bailey (painter)

2014 - Faith Ringgold (painter)

2015 - Richard Haas (painter/muralist)

2016 - Janet Fish (painter)

2017 - Sigmund Abeles (painter)

2018 - Babette Bloch & Marc Mellon (sculptors)

2019 - Eric Fischl & April Gornik (painters)

2020 - Burton Silverman (painter/illustrator)

2021 - not awarded

2022 - not awarded

2023 - Audrey Flack (painter/sculptor)

2024 - Kay WalkingStick (painter)

2025 - Dorothea Rockburne (sculptor/installation artist)

2026 -