The American Society of Miniature Painters (ASMP) was an association of miniature painters, organized in March 1899. The ten founding members of the ASMP included Virginia Richmond Reynolds, Isaac A. Josephi,

William Jacob Baer William Jacob Baer (January 29, 1860 – September 21, 1941) was an American artist, considered the foremost American miniature painter. Biography William Jacob Baer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio on January 29, 1860. He was a lithographer' ...

Alice Beckington Alice Beckington (July 30, 1868 – January 4, 1942) was an American painter. Born in St. Charles, Missouri, Beckington studied art at the Art Students League of New York, where she was a pupil of J. Carroll Beckwith; she also studied for a mo ...

, Lucia Fairchild Fuller, Laura Coombs Hills, John A. McDougall, Theodora W. Thayer,

Lydia Field Emmet Lydia Field Emmet (January 23, 1866 – August 16, 1952) was an American artist best known for her work as a portraitist. She studied with, among others, prominent artists such as William Merritt Chase, Harry Siddons Mowbray, Kenyon Cox and Tony ...

, and William J. Whittemore. The society exhibited regularly through 1930, then occasionally at the

Grand Central Art Galleries The Grand Central Art Galleries were the exhibition and administrative space of the nonprofit Painters and Sculptors Gallery Association, an artists' cooperative established in 1922 by Walter Leighton Clark together with John Singer Sargent, Ed ...

. In 1950, its anniversary was observed by a special exhibit co-sponsored by the New York

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, showing 248 works by 150 artists. Its final surviving member,

Glenora Richards Glenora Richards (February 18, 1909 – October 21, 2009) was an American miniature painter and designer of postage stamps. The collector Lewis Rabbage called her the "greatest miniature painter of her time, and perhaps ever." Early life, educat ...

, died in 2009.

Notable people

Louise Hammond Willis Snead Louise Hammond Willis Snead (, Willis; pen name, Louis Hammond Willis; December 14, 1868 - October 7, 1958) was an American artist, writer, and composer. Her art specialized in miniature painting, illustrations, and needlework. She lectured on Per ...

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