CHELSEA ARTS CLUB
In the early autumn of 1890, a group of artists began to meet in the studio of sculptor Thomas Stirling Lee (1857-1916) in Manresa Road, Chelsea to discuss forming an exhibiting society. Many of them had already studied in Paris and were inspired by the independent exhibitions which the Impressionists had held there. The formal launch of the Club facilities took place in a studio at 181 King’s Road on 18 March 1891, with 55 Members present and in 1901 the Members purchased a house just round the corner, at 143-145 Old Church Street, Southwest London where they remain today. Chelsea Arts Club is a private members' club for artists and under the constitution, two thirds of the Members must be practising artists, painters, sculptors, designers, photographers, architects many of the other third also work in the arts, film makers, poets, writers, dancers, actors, and musicians. Exhibitions of Members’ work is held throughout the year, and each winter they run an arts events season, with talks and screenings, and performances highlighting the best young talent as well as household names. Suffolk artists members or exhibitors include John Kenneth Green, George Percy Jacomb-Hood, Tom Lewsey, Christine Mckechnie, Dale Pring-Macsweeney, Raymond Thomas, Mary Webb and William Thomas Wood.
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