Society of Women Artists

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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...

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1823

The Society of British Artists was founded with the aim of increasing opportunities for the exhibition of works of art.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
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1857: The Society of Female Artists was founde...

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1857

The Society of Female Artists was founded.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
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Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
72, 79-80
Hirsch, Pam. Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon 1827-1891: Feminist, Artist and Rebel. Chatto and Windus, 1998.
148

1 June 1857: The first exhibition of the Society of Female...

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1 June 1857

The first exhibition of the Society of Female Artists opened at 315 Oxford Street, London.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
73

1865: The Society of Female Artists changed its...

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1865

The Society of Female Artists changed its mandate from providing juried exhibitions of members' work to a less professionally-oriented charitable focus.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
77

1868: Sir Edwin Landseer's painting Braemar, Deer...

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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.
Nunn, Pamela Gerrish. Victorian Women Artists. Women’s Press, 1987.
82

1872: The Society of Female Artists changed its...

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1872

The Society of Female Artists changed its name to Society of Lady Artists.
Marsh, Jan, and Pamela Gerrish Nunn. Women Artists and the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Virago, 1989.
77

1899: The Society of Lady Artists changed its name...

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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.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
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1899: The Society of Lady Artists changed its name...

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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.
Windsor, Alan, editor. Handbook of Modern British Painting 1900-1980. Scolar Press, 1992.
254-5

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