New York Watercolor Club

For the "short-lived" organization founded in 1850, see New York Watercolor Society.
American Fine Arts Building, where the club was headquartered and held its annual exhibits[nb 1]
Winslow Homer, After the Hurricane, Bahamas, 1899, drawing and watercolor, exhibited at the New York Watercolor Club exhibition in 1902
Marion Wachtel, Sunset Clouds, 1904

The New York Watercolor Club (NYWC) was founded in New York City in 1890 as the New York Water Color Club, that accepted men and women artists as members and officers. It merged with the American Watercolor Society in 1941.

History

The New York Water Color Club was founded in 1890 and held its first exhibition that year.[1] Childe Hassam was the organization's first president. NYWC was organized in response to refusal by the American Watercolor Society (AWS) to accept women members and to organize an annual exhibition in the fall. In comparison to AWS, it held jury-selected exhibitions which meant stricter standards for the content included in its shows.[2] The club had male and female members and officers, whereas the American Watercolor Society did not accept women as members of their organization until 1897.[3][4]

Its headquarters and site of its annual exhibition was in the American Fine Arts Building at 215 West 57th Street.[nb 1] The club was represented in the Fine Arts Federation of New York[6] and with other art and architectural organizations on the board of the National Academy Association.[7] In 1918, the club had 175 members and exhibited 581 works by 301 artists in its annual exhibition. Of the 581 works of art, 501 of were watercolors.[6]

The club combined exhibition venues with the American Water Color Society between 1922 and 1931. The two organizations merged, having created a new constitution, and was named the American Watercolor Society in January 1941.[3] The effort was led by Roy Henry Brown, president of the American Watercolor Society.[8]

Its records are archived at the Smithsonian Archives of American Art.[1]

Members

Influential members within the organization were:

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 The building was constructed as the result of the founding of the American Fine Arts Society in 1889. Other art organizations headquartered in the building were the American Federation of Arts, American Cater Color Society, Artists' Aid Society, Mural Painters, and the Art Students League of New York. Its galleries held National Academy of Design, Architectural League and New York Water Color Club exhibitions.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "New York Water Color Club records, 1890". Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 Niamh O'Sullivan; Aloysius O'Kelly (2010). Aloysius O'Kelly: Art, Nation, Empire. Field Day Publications. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-946755-42-4.
  3. 1 2 "American Watercolor Society records, 1867-1977, bulk 1950-1970". Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 National Museum of Women in the Arts (U.S.); Columbus Museum of Art (2004). Claude Raguet Hirst: Transforming the American Still Life. Hudson Hills. p. 36. ISBN 978-0-918881-54-0.
  5. ↑ American Art Directory. R.R. Bowker. 1918. p. 177.
  6. 1 2 American Art Directory. R.R. Bowker. 1918. p. 202.
  7. ↑ American Art Directory. R.R. Bowker. 1918. p. 200.
  8. ↑ David Bernard Dearinger (2004). Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826-1925. Hudson Hills. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-55595-029-3.

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