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Our Mission Statement
The American Impressionist Society, Inc. (AIS) was founded by Florida artists
William Schultz, Charlotte Dickinson, and Marjorie Bradley,
of Vero Beach, and Pauline Ney, of Ellenton. It’s goal:
“To promote the appreciation of Impressionism
through exhibitions, workshops and other media.”
Membership is open to U.S. Citizen Impressionist artists and U.S. Citizens
who would like to support Impressionism. AIS artists enjoy outdoor painting
and figure and still life painting in the studio.
American Impressionist Society, Inc. defines American Impressionism as the concern for
light on form, color, and brushstrokes. It allows equal latitude between these attributes,
and recognizes not a single definitive element, but several factors–including high key light and hue, visual breakdown of detail, concern for contemporary life, and cultivation of direct and spontaneous approaches to a subject.
Our Founders
William J. Schultz, 1919 - 2005
William (Bill) Schultz, co-founder, and director of AIS, had inspired numerous professional artists and teachers through his teaching. He also was a Master Pastelist in the Pastel Society of America and had won many awards for his oil and pastel paintings. As a youth, Schultz had the good fortune of beginning his art studies with Martin C. Hoy, a fine artist and student of Robert Henri and William M. Chase. His primary teacher was Robert Brackman, who studied with Ivan Olinsky who was a student of John Singer Sargent.
He was director and instructor for the William J. Schultz Art School in Lenox, Massachusetts for 25 years. Bill moved to Florida where he continued to teach until he was 82 years old. His students revere him and say he was the “Art Spirit” personified.
Charlotte M. Dickinson
Co-Founder, and Signature Member
Charlotte Dickinson started painting at an early age, inspired by professional artist and sculptors in her family. From her studios in the beautiful Endless Mountain Area of Pennsylvania and Vero Beach, Florida, she has been painting and teaching for more than 30 years. She also taught in the public school system.
With a solid background in drawing, composition and color theory, she now devotes her entire professional life to the challenge of the efforts of light on form through color. The idea of space and filtered light indeed exemplifies her work today and she brings to her painting a life long interest in the work of Cezanne and the Impressionists. She has studied with many fine artist over the years but credits William Schultz and Charles Movalli with "showing her the light." My love for painting is a result of a great appreciation of nature and the beauty around me. I love to work in different media. Each subject lends to a special technique.
Currently exhibiting in the U.S. and Canada, being best known for her landscapes, and still life, floral and multi canvas conceptual painting in oil and watercolor.
Marjorie L. Bradley
Co- Founder and Director
Marjorie L. Bradley, Co- Founder and Director, who lives and paints in Vero Beach, Florida, received her early art training at the MacMurrough School of Art, in Melbourne, Fl., and since 1968 has studied with William Schultz. She attendend workshops with award winning artists Eellen Plankey and Marlis Newman, of Melbourne, and John Asaro, of Carlsbad, California.
Pauline S. Ney
Co-Founder
Pauline S. Ney, Co-Founder, lives and paints on the Manatee River in Parrish, Florida and in the Chesapeake Bay area of Maryland. She studied art at the American University and the Corcoran School of Art, in Washington, D.C., but credits William Schultz with changing her life forever by introducing her to the Impressionist way and has studied with him since 1991. She also studied with plein air artist/teacher/author, Kevin MacPherson, of Taos, New Mexico.
National Juried Exhibits
AIS’s National Juried Exhibits are usually held in the Fall of each year and are held at prestigious fine art galleries around the United States. If you are interested in hosting an AIS impressionist national juried show at your fine art gallery, please contact Kathy Cooper, President/Show Chair at kcooperfa@aol.com for more information.
For further information about the
current exhibit, or the organization, write to,
American Impressionist Society, Inc.,
856 Fifth Place, Vero Beach, FL 32962,
or email us at,
info@americanimpressionistsociety.org
(please type “AIS info” in the subject line).
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