The Benjamin West Clinedinst
Memorial Medal

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:

 1947 – Charles Bittinger, PAINTER
 1948 – Charles D. Maginnis, ARCHITECT
 1949 – Ernest R. Roth, ETCHER
 1950 – Kurt H. Volk, TYPOGRAPHER
 1951 – Grace Albee, WOOD ENGRAVER
 1952 – Georg Lober, SCULPTOR
 1953 – William R. Leigh, PAINTER
 1954 – Walter Biggs - ILLUSTRATOR
 1955 – Stow Wengenroth, LITHOGRAPHER
 1956 – Gordon Grant – PAINTER
 1957 – Ivan G. Olinsky, PAINTER
 1958 – Ogden Pleissner, PAINTER
 1959 – Charles B. Falls, ILLUSTRATOR 
 1960 – Frederic Whitaker, PAINTER
 1961 – Eugene F. Kennedy, Jr., ARCHITECT
 1962 – Edwin Dickinson, PAINTER
 1963 – John C. Johansen, PAINTER
 1964 – John Koch, PAINTER
 1965 – Norman Rockwell, ILLUSTRATOR
 1966 – C. Paul Jennewein, SCULPTOR
 1967 – Eugene Savage, PAINTER, SCULPTOR
 1968 – Sidney E. Dickinson, PAINTER
 1969 – John Folinsbee, PAINTER
 1970 – Margery Ryerson, PAINTER
 1971 – John E. Costigan, PAINTER
 1972 – Leon Kroll, PAINTER
 1973 – A. Henry Nordhausen, PAINTER
 1974 – Gaetano Cecere, SCULPTOR
 1975 – Paul Bransom, PAINTER
 1976 – Chen Chi, PAINTER
 1977 – Will Barnet, PAINTER
 1978 – Eric Sloane, PAINTER
 1979 – Isabel Bishop, PAINTER
 1980 – Xavier Gonzalez, PAINTER

 1981 – Jack Levine, PAINTER
 1982 – Louise Nevelson, SCULPTOR
 1983 – Donald Teague, PAINTER
 1984 – Robert Beverly Hale, ARTIST
 1985 – Everett Raymond Kinstler, PAINTER
 1986 – Jacob Lawrence, PAINTER
 1987 – Hugh Hardy, ARCHITECT
 1988 – Paul Cadmus, PAINTER
 1989 – Michael Graves, ARCHITECT
 1990 – Clare Romano/John Ross, PRINTMAKERS
 1991 – William F. Draper, PAINTER
 1992 – Sidney Simon, PAINTER
 1993 – Mark Freeman, PAINTER
 1994 – Pat Oliphant, ARTIST
 1995 – Hughie Lee-Smith, PAINTER
 1996 – Jane Freilicher, PAINTER
 1997 – Peter Cox, PAINTER
 1998 – Daniel E. Greene, PAINTER
 1999 – Paul Jenkins, PAINTER
 2000 – Richard Hunt, SCULPTOR
 2001 – Frank Mason, PAINTER
 2002 – Bruno Lucchesi, SCULPTOR
 2003 – Francis Cunningham, PAINTER
 2004 – Philip Pearlstein, PAINTER
 2005 – Morton Kaish, PAINTER 
 2006 – Lois Dodd, PAINTER
 2007 – David Levine, PAINTER