- Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours
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The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), initially called the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, (and not to be confused with the Royal Watercolour Society), is one of the societies in the Federation of British Artists, based in the Mall Galleries in London.
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History
In 1831 the society was founded as the New Society of Painters in Water Colours, competing with the Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), which had been founded in 1804. The founding members were W. Cowen, James Fudge, Thomas Maisey (treasurer), O. F. Phillips, J. Powell (president), W. B. S. Taylor, and Thomas Charles Wageman. The New Society differed from the RWS in policy, by exhibiting non-members' work also. Both societies challenged the Royal Academy's refusal to accept the medium of watercolours as appropriate for serious art.
In 1863 there was a name change to the Institute of Painters in Water Colours. In 1883 it acquired its own premises at Piccadilly. In 1885 it added "Royal" to its title by command of Queen Victoria. When the lease to the Piccadilly premises ran out in 1970, it moved to the Mall Galleries, near to Trafalgar Square.
Current officers
The current officers (2010) are:
- Ronald Maddox PRI Hon.RWS Hon.RBA Hon.PS FCSD, President
- Tony Hunt VPRI, Vice President
- Andy Wood RBA, Secretary
- Robin Hazlewood, Treasurer
- Ian Bliss, Archivist
- Terry McKivragan, Membership Secretary
- Bill Toop MCSD, Exhibitions Secretary
Prominent members
- Mat Barber Kennedy[1]
- Mike Bernard[2]
- George Henry Boughton[3]
- Delia Cardnell
- Michael Lawrence Cadman 1920-2010 (artist)
- Walter Crane
- Charles Dixon
- Sam Dodwell
- Emily Farmer[3]
- Kate Greenaway[3]
- Francis Job Short[3]
- William Simpson (artist)[3]
- John Tenniel[3]
- Arthur Wardle
- John William Waterhouse[3]
- Harrison Weir
- Norman Wilkinson
- William Barnes Wollen
- William Wyld
References
External links
Federation of British Artists (FBA) Hesketh Hubbard Art Society · New English Art Club · The Pastel Society · Royal Institute of Oil Painters · Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours · Royal Society of British Artists · Royal Society of Marine Artists · Royal Society of Portrait Painters · Society of Wildlife Artists
Categories:- British artist groups and collectives
- 19th-century art groups
- 1831 establishments in the United Kingdom
- British art
- British contemporary art
- English watercolourists
- Organisations based in London with royal patronage
- Watercolor societies
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