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The '''American Artists Professional League''' ('''AAPL''') is an American organization that promotes artists and their works. It was formed in 1928 in [[New York City]] by [[Frederick Ballard Williams]], and the first meeting was held at the [[Salmagundi Club|Salmagundi Art Club]] on January 29, 1928. Ballard became the organization's national chairman <ref>{{Citation |title=Major League |work=Pioneers of the Hardwood |pages=102–122 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1zxxzsk.10 |access-date=2024-08-01 |publisher=Indiana University Press}}</ref> <ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Kasson |first=John F. |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1803898 |title=Black, Shirley Temple (23 April 1928–10 February 2014) |date=April 24, 1928 - February 10, 2019 |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=American National Biography Online}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |title=Painting and sculpture in the collection of the National Academy of Design |date=2004 |publisher=Hudson Hills Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-55595-029-3 |editor-last=Dearinger |editor-first=David B. |edition=1st |location=New York ; Manchester |pages=589 |editor-last2=}}</ref>. The organization has hosted an annual Grand National Exhibition for 96 years to promote artists specializing in realistic art forms. Line 8 ⟶ 10: The American Artists Professional League is an organization exempt under § 501(c)(6) and the affiliated entity American Artists Fund (AAF) is exempt under § 501(c)(3). The AAF is GuideStar Silver [https://www.guidestar.org/profile/13-6161153 certified] and is specifically designed for educational and charitable purposes. Through private and corporate donations to the AAF, the organization funds public exhibitions, show awards and scholarships to students studying classical techniques at American ateliers. Scholarships are awarded through the Art Renewal Center [https://artrenewal.org/ScholarshipApplication/Application/Introduction] and the Art Students League of New York [https://www.artstudentsleague.org/resources/available-scholarships]]. '''<u>Address of the American Artists Professional League</u>''' Line 21: AAPLinc.org F. Ballard Williams, Assistant Treasurer of the National Academy and former President of the Salmagundi Club, both of whom are located in New York City, noted a need for a national organization to fill the rapid development of art interest in other large cities and distant areas across the United States. The stated objective: “A national organization of American artists and art lovers, working positively and impersonally for contemporary American art and artists” On January 29, 1928, he called a meeting of fifteen members of the Salmagundi Club to discuss forming “The American Artists Professional League.” The majority attending were academicians such as Frank DeHaven, Hobart Nichols and Bruce Crane. “The American Artists Professional League” became a reality at that meeting with F. Ballard Williams its first President, Wilford Conrow Secretary and Gordon Grant its Treasurer ▲F. Ballard Williams, Assistant Treasurer of the National Academy and former President of the Salmagundi Club, both of whom are located in New York City, noted a need for a national organization to fill the rapid development of art interest in other large cities and distant areas across the United States. The stated objective: “A national organization of American artists and art lovers, working positively and impersonally for contemporary American art and artists” <ref name=":0" />. ▲On January 29, 1928, he called a meeting of fifteen members of the Salmagundi Club to discuss forming “The American Artists Professional League.” The majority attending were academicians such as Frank DeHaven, Hobart Nichols and Bruce Crane. “The American Artists Professional League” became a reality at that meeting with F. Ballard Williams its first President, Wilford Conrow Secretary and Gordon Grant its Treasurer <ref name=":0" />. Eminent member artists who also served the AAPL in the past as Officers, Board Members and Chapter Chairs include Dean Cornwell, Lionel Barrymore, Roger Deering, Harvey Dunn, Rockwell Kent, Frederic Whitaker, A.C. Pelikan of the Milwaukee Art Institute, Theodore H. Pond of the Akron Art Institute, among so many others [https://archive.org/search?query=art+diges] prominent past members include Elizabeth Okie Paxton ([[Elizabeth Okie Paxton]]), Edgar Alwin Payne ([[Edgar Alwin Payne]]), Andrew Wyeth and Henriette Wyeth. Line 38 ⟶ 37: During the years between 1930 <ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |date=1930 |title=Art |journal=Art Digest |volume=4 |issue=7 |pages=11}}</ref> and 1951, the AAPL published a bi-weekly column, in ART DIGEST magazine, devoted to solving problems for artists <ref name=":3" /> , giving news of members and such editorial comments and criticism as the AAPL wished to discuss. State Chapters were organized during this period, with Chapters in 20 states and a growing membership of 3,000 in 47 of the 48 states. With modern communications and shipping, state chapters are not needed anymore. The decades of 1950, 1960 and part of the 1970s saw an art world with drastic changes. Public and government tastes were in an era during which modernism and abstraction were getting the lion’s share of government sponsorship, grants of public money and media promotion. AAPL raised objections to these practices to the highest levels of government at the White House, before Senate Committees, through lectures, radio broadcasts, TV appearances and in publications. '''<u>Co-founders included in the first Board of Directors, 1929</u>''' Line 84 ⟶ 82: === '''<u>American Artists Professional League Sponsored Exhibits</u>''' === ''Annual Exhibits of the Fine Arts and Crafts by Maryland Men and Women''. Baltimore: The American Artists Professional League, Maryland, Chapter, 1938 AAPL sponsored ''Artists for victory'' - MET exhibition of contemporary American art 1942 p15324coll10_152387 (1) (Rockwell Kent, Andrew & Henriette Wyeth, et al) ▲AAPL sponsored ''Artists for victory'' - MET exhibition of contemporary American art 1942 p15324coll10_152387 (1) (Rockwell Kent, Andrew & Henriette Wyeth, et al) <ref>{{Cite book |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00199591 |title=Wyeth, Henriette |date=2011-10-31 |publisher=Oxford University Press |series=Benezit Dictionary of Artists}}</ref> === '''<u>Excerpts about the American Artists Professional League</u>''' === '''HERBERT HOOVER''' Line 105 ⟶ 100: Herbert Hoover, Message to the American Artists Professional League. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project [https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208080 https]. '''FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT''' '''Statement on Art Week''' <ref name=":2" /> Line 119 ⟶ 112: … " '''Dwight Eisenhower''' Line 125 ⟶ 117: Eisenhower sent a telegram to Wheeler Williams about Art Week. [https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/finding-aids/pdf/fox-frederic-records.pdf — Box 30 - 30 <nowiki>https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/sites/default/files/finding-aids/pdf/fox-frederic-records.pdf</nowiki> — Box 30 - 30], Presidential and Secretarial Correspondence. These are drafts of letters, mostly by Kevin McCann (Special Assistant to the President). There are also various messages and letters about American Art Week and an interesting overall summary on function of Presidential messages filed under “Birthday Data” are included in this series. Also included are various stencils of True Brotherhood, Lincoln and Education, to the Boy Scouts of America, The Prayer of Our People. '''Katherine S. Dreier''' Line 133 ⟶ 124: https://lux.collections.yale.edu/view/object/66e36bb8-4e05-4717-a2c7-41cb27cf02d1 '''Artists for Victory''' AAPL was one of many organizations in this group. Based in New York, N.Y., 1942-1946. This organization was formed by artists who desired to assist in the war effort by using their artistic abilities. Activities included a war poster competition, British-American goodwill exhibition, sponsoring portrait drawings, demonstrations of arts and crafts, and instruction in military hospitals. Officers include Paul Manship, John Taylor Arms, Arthur Crisp, Ralph T. Walker, Hobart Nichols, Hugo Gellert [https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/artists-victory-inc-records-8429].
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