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:

1948 – Charles Bittinger, PAINTER 1984 – Donald Teague, PAINTER 1949 – Charles D. Maginnis, ARCHITECT 1985 – Robert Beverly Hale, ARTIST 1950 – Ernest R. Roth, ETCHER 1986 – Everett Raymond Kinstler, PAINTER 1951 – Kurt H. Volk, TYPOGRAPHER 1987 – Jacob Lawrence, PAINTER 1952 – Grace Albee, WOOD ENGRAVER 1988 – Hugh Hardy, ARCHITECT 1953 – Georg Lober, SCULPTOR 1989 – Paul Cadmus, PAINTER 1954 – William R. Leigh, PAINTER 1990 – Michael Graves, ARCHITECT 1955 – Walter Biggs - ILLUSTRATOR 1991 – Clare Romano/John Ross, PRINTMAKERS 1956 – Stow Wengenroth, LITHOGRAPHER 1992 – William F. Draper, PAINTER 1957 – Gordon Grant – PAINTER 1993 – Sidney Simon, PAINTER 1958 – Ivan G. Olinsky, PAINTER 1994 – Mark Freeman, PAINTER 1959 – Ogden Pleissner, PAINTER 1995 – Pat Oliphant, ARTIST 1960 – Charles B. Falls, ILLUSTRATOR 1996 – Hughie Lee-Smith, PAINTER 1961 – Frederic Whitaker, PAINTER 1997 – Jane Freilicher, PAINTER 1962 – Eugene F. Kennedy, Jr., ARCHITECT 1998 – Peter Cox, PAINTER 1963 – Edwin Dickinson, PAINTER 1999 – Daniel E. Greene, PAINTER 1964 – John C. Johansen, PAINTER 2000 – Paul Jenkins, PAINTER 1965 – John Koch, PAINTER 2001 – Richard Hunt, SCULPTOR 1966 – Norman Rockwell, ILLUSTRATOR 2002 – Frank Mason, PAINTER 1967 – C. Paul Jennewein, SCULPTOR 2003 – Bruno Lucchesi, SCULPTOR 1968 – Eugene Savage, PAINTER, SCULPTOR 2004 – Francis Cunningham, PAINTER 1969 – Sidney E. Dickinson, PAINTER 2005 – Philip Pearlstein, PAINTER 1970 – John Folinsbee, PAINTER 2006 – Morton Kaish, PAINTER 1971 – Margery Ryerson, PAINTER 2007 – Lois Dodd, PAINTER 1972 – John E. Costigan, PAINTER 2008 – David Levine, PAINTER 1973 – Leon Kroll, PAINTER 2009 – Artists' Fellowship, Inc., 150th Anniversary 1974 – A. Henry Nordhausen, PAINTER 2010 – Robert Kipniss, PAINTER & PRINTMAKER 1975 – Gaetano Cecere, SCULPTOR 2011 – Stanley Bleifeld, SCULPTOR 1976 – Paul Bransom, PAINTER 2012 – Knox Martin, PAINTER 1977 – Chen Chi, PAINTER 2013 – William Bailey, PAINTER 1978 – Will Barnet, PAINTER 2014 – Faith Ringgold, PAINTER 1979 – Eric Sloane, PAINTER 2015 – Richard Haas, MURALIST 1980 – Isabel Bishop, PAINTER 2016 – Janet Fish, Painter 1981 – Xavier Gonzalez, PAINTER 2017 – Sigmund Abeles, Painter 1982 – Jack Levine, PAINTER 2018 – Babette Bloch and Marc Mellon, SCULPTORS 1983 – Louise Nevelson, SCULPTOR