New English Art Club

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Portrait of members of the New English Art Club, by William Orpen. From left to right: Alphonse Legros, Auguste Rodin, Philip Wilson Steer, Henry Tonks, Frederick Brown, William Rothenstein, Augustus John, Charles Conder, Dugald Sutherland MacColl[1]

The New English Art Club (NEAC) was founded in London in 1885 as an alternative venue to the

Mall Galleries in London, exhibiting works by both members and artists from Britain and abroad whose work has been selected from an annual open submission.[2]

History

Young English artists returning from studying art in Paris mounted the first exhibition of the New English Art Club in April 1886. Among them were

G. P. Jacomb-Hood.[3] An early name suggested for the group was the 'Society of Anglo-French Painters', which gives some indication of their origins. As a note in the catalogue to their first exhibition explained, 'This Club consists of 50 Members, who are more or less united in their art sympathies. They have associated themselves together with the view of holding an Annual Exhibition, hoping that a collective display of their works, which has hitherto been impossible, will prove not only of interest to the public, but will better explain the aim and method of their art.'[4]

The Society held regular Spring and Autumn exhibitions, a number of which were held at the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London, until its demolition in 1905.

The Impressionist style was well represented at the NEAC, in comparison to the old-school academic art shown at the Royal Academy. For a time, the NEAC was seen as a stepping-stone to Royal Academy membership. Today the NEAC continues in a realistic, figurative style, while the Royal Academy has embraced abstract and conceptual art.

NEAC members include

Frederick Cuming, Anthony Green, Ken Howard, Charles Williams, Richard Bawden and Martin Yeoman
.

Historic NEAC members and exhibitors include:

Leslie Donovan Gibson
.

The NEAC is one of the member societies of the Federation of British Artists. A history of the Society from its foundation to the year 2000 was written by the art historian Kenneth McConkey and published in 2006.[10]

Honorary life members

See also

References

  1. ^ "Group associated with the New English Art Club - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Annual Exhibition 2024". NEAC. Exhibition 13–22 June 2024
  3. ^ Blackett-Ord, Carol. "George Percy Jacomb-Hood". Biographies. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  4. ^ Kenneth McConkey, The New English: A History of the New English Art Club (Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2006), pp. 29-30
  5. ^ "x43 artshop.com - John Singer Sargent Biography". Archived from the original on 30 March 2012.
  6. ^ "Art Renewal Center - Online Books - J.W. Godward: the Eclipse of Classicism, by Vern Grosvenor Swanson, Phd; PART ONE: 4. Wilton Road & Formal Training (1882-1886)".
  7. ^ Suffolk Painters: Suffolk Painters, accessdate: March 9, 2016
  8. ^ Buckman, David (1 December 2003). "Margaret Green: Painter inspired by coastal Suffolk". The Independent. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. ISBN 978-1-903973-98-1
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