Miniature art is a genre that focuses on art (especially painting, engraving and sculpture) in much-smaller-than-usual sizes. Miniature art societies, such as the World Federation of Miniaturists (WFM), provide applicable definitions of the term.. An often-used definition is that a piece of miniature art is capable of being held in the palm of the hand, or that it covers less than 100 cm².

Miniature art has been made for over 1000 years and is prized by collectors. The US White House

White House

The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

 and the Smithsonian American Art Museum

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Smithsonian American Art Museum is a museum in Washington, D.C. with an extensive collection of American art.Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the museum has a broad variety of American art that covers all regions and art movements found in the United States...

 have collections of miniature art, and there is an American Museum of the Miniature Arts

The American Museum of the Miniature Arts

The American Museum of the Miniature Arts is a non-profit museum in Dallas, Texas that focuses on miniature art. Most of the museum's collection is currently on display in the Sharp Gallery at the Hall of State at Fair Park.- External links :*...

 in the US state of Texas.

Painters

• Chrysoula Argyros (S. Africa)
• Liliane Balthazar (S. Africa)
• Eileen Bass (S. Africa)
• Susan Brooke (US)
• Mona Diane Conner (US)
• Jeanne Dunne (US)
• Jennifer Robb Hall (US)
• Tracy Hall (UK)
• Caroline Hayes (UK)
• Gail Hayton (US)
• Margaret Hicks
  Margaret Hicks
  Margaret Turner Hicks was a world-renowned producer and promoter of Miniature Art.Favoring representational art, Hicks painted landscapes and still lifes and the occasional portrait, using small brushes and a magnifying glass to achieve a high level of detail in paintings that were often just 2 to...
  
   (US)
• Karen Hull (Australia)
• Catherine Kraetschmer (S. Africa)
• Janet Laird Lagassee (US)
• Bonnie Latham
  Bonnie Latham
  Bonnie Latham is an American painter, residing in Hastings, Minnesota. The artist is most known for her paintings of wildlife in realism painted in the style of miniature.The artist's painting was selected for the 2000 Federal Junior duck stamp...
  
   (US)
• Karen Latham
  Karen Latham
  Karen Latham is an American painter, residing in Hastings, Minnesota. The artist is most known for her paintings of wildlife in realism painted in the style of miniature.The artist's painting was selected for the 2008 Illinois Conservation Stamp...
  
   (US)
• Rebecca Latham
  Rebecca Latham
  Rebecca Latham is an American painter, residing in Hastings, Minnesota. Latham is most known for her paintings of wildlife in realism painted in the style of miniature....
  
   (US)
• Bill Mundy (UK)
• Ron Parvu (US)
• Lynn Ponto-Peterson (US)
• Kay Petryszak (US)
• Cherylee Powell (S. Africa)
• Pat Puttergill (S. Africa)
• Veny Arsenov (US)
• Rachelle Siegrist (US)
• Wes Siegrist (US)
• Jacqueline Mitchell Smith (US)
• Ellen Strope (US)
• Magda Szabo
  Magda Szabo
  Magda Szabo is a Canadian miniaturist Magda Szabo was born in Budapest, Hungary. She started painting early, using oil as her medium, on large canvas....
  
  (Canada)
• Sally Townsend (S. Africa)
• Barbara Valentine (UK)
• Donna Van Baalen (US)
• Wayne Waldron (US)
• David Weston (UK)
• Joan Cornish Willies (US)
• Hanna Zbroniec (Poland)

Miniature art societies & groups

• Association of Miniature Artists (AMA) (International)
• Australian Society of Miniature Art (ASMA/NSW) (New South Wales)
• Australian Society of Miniature Art (ASMA/Tas) (Tasmania)
• Australian Society of Miniature Art (ASMA/Vic) (Victoria)
• AVIT (St. Petersburg, Russia)
• British Watercolor Society and Society of Miniaturists (UK)
• Cider Painters of America (US)
• Hilliard Society of Miniaturists (HS) (UK)
• International Guild of Miniature Artists (IGMA) (International)
• Israel Miniature Art Society (IMAS) (Israel)
• Miniature Art Society of Florida (MASF) (US state of Florida)
• Miniature Artists of America (MAA) (US)
• Miniature Arts Society of South Africa (MASSA)
• Miniature Painters, Sculptors and Gravers Society of Washington (MPSGS) (US Federal District of Washington D.C.)
• New Mexico Miniature Arts Society (NMMAS) (US state of New Mexico)
• Northern California Society of Arts in Miniature (NCSAM) (US state of California, headquartered in Mariposa, California)
• Oceanside Miniature Miniature Art Society (OMAS) (Canadian province of British Columbia)
• Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers (RMS) (UK)
• Society of Limners (SLM) (UK)
• South Texas Miniature Art Society (STMAS) (US state of Texas, headquartered in Corpus Christi, Texas)
• West Coast Society of Miniature Art (WCSMA) (US state of California)
• World Federation of Miniaturists (WFM) (International)

External links

• Hilliard Society Website: paintings, shows, artists, materials
• Artists and Ancestors - A Miniature Portrait Collection
• Informational site: miniature art exhibitions, artists, and research
• Yahoo Miniature Art Forum and Association of Miniature Artists Group
• Forum for Miniature Artists - Wet Canvas
• Micro-tools for Miniature of various materials
• Miniature Sculpture Art Studio