Douglas Wiltraut, one of America's foremost painters in egg tempera and dry brush watercolor graduated from Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA with a BFA in Painting in 1973. Currently the President of the National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, Inc., he has been the recipient of the Butler Institute of American Art Award, the Today’s Art Medal, the Knickerbocker Artists Gold and Silver Medals of Honor and four time recipient of the Ralph Fabri Medal. In 1999 he was awarded the Adirondacks Wilderness Award with the Rouse Gold Medallion followed by the Trails & Streams Medal in 2000, both in the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors. He was the subject of a feature article on egg tempera painting in both American Artist and The Artist’s Magazine and his acrylic paintings were discussed in an article in Palette Talk. He conducted the Brandywine Workshop in egg tempera painting for American Artist magazine and his work was included in the American Artist Golden Anniversary Exhibition and the Berman Museum of Art Inaugural Exhibition. In 1998 he received the Arts Ovation Award from the City of Allentown.
"There is a beauty to the passage of time and the effects it has on objects and people. Timeworn textures, a face with a story to tell, the patina of life are all things I like to portray. The passage of time is something we all have to deal with. I almost always paint these objects and people in a strong, raking sunlight with elongated shadows, which results in what I refer to as a ‘special visual moment,’ a moment when the ordinary is elevated to something memorable."
– Douglas Wiltraut
AWARDS:
Butler Institute of American Art Award - 1986
Gold Medal of Honor - Knickerbocker Artists, 1988
Rouse Gold Medallion - Adirondacks Exhibition of American Watercolors,1999
Grumbacher Gold Medal - National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, 1994
Today’s Art Medal of Merit - National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, 1974
Ralph Fabri Medal - Allied Artists of America, 1985
First Prize - National Art Club 84th Open Watercolor Exhibition
Ralph Fabri Medal - Allied Artists of America, 1987
Silver Medal of Honor - Knickerbocker Artists, 1989
Silver Medal of Honor - Audubon Artists, 1986
Grumbacher Silver Medal - Adirondacks Exhibition of American Watercolors, 1990
Ralph Fabri Medal - National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, 1996
Trails & Streams Medallion - Adirondacks Exhibition of American Watercolors, 2000
Ruth Rosenau Silver Medallion - Adirondacks Exhibition of American Watercolors, 1993
Elizabeth Shober Hooper Memorial Award - Philadelphia Watercolor Club, 1999
Joe and Emily Lowe Award - Allied Artists of America, 1993
Newman Galleries Award - Philadelphia Watercolor Club, 1992
National Arts Club Award - Knickerbocker Artists, 1991
Art Students League Award - National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, 1999
Liquitex Art Award - National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, 1997
Strathmore Paper Award - Philadelphia Watercolor Club, 1998
Winsor & Newton Award - National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic, 1991
Philadelphia Watercolor Society Founder’s Award - 100th Anniversary Exhibition, 2000
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Third Medal, 2002
Pennsylvania Watercolor Society Fourth Medal, 1988
...and numerous others
HONORARY AWARDS:
Crest Medal - Philadelphia Watercolor Club, 1999
Sylvan Grouse Guild Medal - Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, 2002
Arts Ovation Award - City of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1998
Elected Honorary Member of Salmagundi Club, New York City, 1996
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