EXHIBITING SOCIETIES

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EXHIBITING SOCIETIES .(a) Old Established.These in
London are: The Royal

Academy

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

, the Royal Water Colour Society, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the Society of Oil Painters, and the Royal Society of British Artists. In the provinces, the

Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM

Royal Society of Artists has been in existence since 1825, and has a life

academy

ACADEMY, GREEK
ACADEMY, ROYAL

with professors attached. (b) Modern.In this category are many which reflect the new spirit which came into artistic life in the last

quarter

QUARTER (through Fr. from Lat. quartarius, fourth part)

of the 19th century. The New English Art Club, founded in 1885 as a protest against academic art, achieves its purpose by exhibition only. The International Society of Painters and Engravers, again, represents the wider ideas of the loth century. The Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, consisting of fellows and associates, not exceeding 15o in all, conserves the interests of a numerous

body

BODY

of workers, and, in addition to holding exhibitions, confers diplomas (R.E. and A.R.E.) on the exhibitors of meritorious etchings or engravings. The Society of Women Artists (formerly the Society of Lady Artists) is wholly devoted to the display of works by female artists, and in 1891 the Society of Portrait Painters was formed to carry out the object conveyed in its title. Two associations advance the art of the miniature-painter, and the Pastel Society, formed in 1898, holds displays of members'

work

WORK

at the Royal Institute Galleries. In

Scotland

there is the Royal Scottish Academy. The Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water Colours (Glasgow) grants the title R.S.W. to its members, and the Society of Scottish Artists (Edinburgh), founded in 1891, has a membership of nearly Soo

young

artists. Other exhibiting societies which

call

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

for mention are: The Yorkshire Union of Artists (Leeds), which consolidates many local societies; the Nottingham Society of Artists, which also encourages drawing from the living model; and the Liverpool Sketching Club, founded in 1870, which holds an annual exhibition.

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