ROYAL SCOTTISH SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATERCOLOUR
Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour was founded in 1878 as the Scottish Society of Water-Colour Painters, after a meeting at 61 West Regent Street, Glasgow in December the previous year. The member numbers were limited to forty with a further ten associates with [Sir] Francis Powell (1833-1914) as its first president with Samuel Bough (1822–1878) as vice-president. It held its first public exhibition at the Society's new hall in West Nile Street, Glasgow on 2 November 1878 when some twenty-five artists exhibited. Founder members in Scotland were artists such as George Aikman (1831–1905) to Charles Nicholls Woolnoth (1815-1906). It was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in 1886. The Society's annual exhibitions are normally held in Edinburgh although, on occasion, they have also been held in Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee and Perth. Currently the membership of over 120 is replete with the names of painters who have international reputations, in Scotland and in Britain. Recent well-known members include Elizabeth Violet Blackadder (1931-2021), Robert Henderson Blyth (1919-1970), William George Gillies (1898-1973), Robert James Robin Philipson (1916-1992) and Carlo Rossi (1921-2010). Suffolk artist who exhibited with the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour include Jane Hyde Fraser,George Graham, John Edmond Henry Gray, Harry Hine, William Hoggatt, Jessie Wylie Newbery, Arthur Reginald Smith, Gordon Sutton and [[Frederic[k] Whiting,3677]].
Website: https://www.rsw.org.uk
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