Founded as an alternate venue to the Royal Academy. Its first exhibition was mounted by young artists returning from their studies in Paris. The Impressionist style featured prominently. Famous exhibitors have included Walter Sickert and Augustus John.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
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New English Art Club
Venetian painter. Â When the supply of Grand Tourists coming to Venice and buying his paintings dried up due to war, Canaletto decided to come to England. Â He arrived in 1746 and stayed until 1755, ...
Participants in the creation of the Will Crooks mural.
Painted by the artist James Barry. They show, 'Orpheus', 'A Grecian Harvest-Home', 'Crowning the Victors at Olympia', 'Commerce or the Triumph of the Thames', 'The Distribution of Premiums in the S...
Born Blackheath. Illustrator and painter. He was closely associated with the Old Watercolour Society, becoming president in 1871. He also achieved fame as an illustrator of Shakespeare’s works and ...
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