Society of Women Artists

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Education Constance, Countess Markievicz
Outside the Slade, Gore-Booth was mentored by Swedish painter Anna Nordgren . Both showed their work through the Society of Women Artists , and were members of the bohemian 91 Club .
Haverty, Anne. Constance Markievicz: An Independent Life. Pandora, 1988.
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Marreco, Anne. The Rebel Countess: The Life and Times of Constance Markievicz. Chilton Books, 1967.
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Occupation Lady Colin Campbell
LLC exhibited her own works a number of times at the Society of Women Artists . In November 1886 her landscape Glimpse of the Thalassa was included in the Society of British Artists exhibition in...
Textual Production Anna Mary Howitt
AMH exhibited only once more, at the inaugural show (opened on 1 June 1857) of the Society of Female Artists , an organization to which she had personal attachments.

Timeline

1823
The Society of British Artists was founded with the aim of increasing opportunities for the exhibition of works of art.
1857
The Society of Female Artists was founded.
1 June 1857
The first exhibition of the Society of Female Artists opened at 315 Oxford Street, London.
1865
The Society of Female Artists changed its mandate from providing juried exhibitions of members' work to a less professionally-oriented charitable focus.
1868
Sir Edwin Landseer 's painting Braemar, Deer sold for £4,200; the Society of Female Artists ' catalogue of this same year lists prices in the range of £2 to £52 10s.
1872
The Society of Female Artists changed its name to Society of Lady Artists.
1899
The Society of Lady Artists changed its name to Society of Women Artists. The group, whose aim was to encourage women painters and sculptors, provided an annual opportunity to exhibit in London galleries.
1899
The Society of Lady Artists changed its name to Society of Women Artists. The group, whose aim was to encourage women painters and sculptors, provided an annual opportunity to exhibit in London galleries.