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Like her aunt and mentor E. M. Scott, [6] Spafard was known for her botanical paintings. Her work was included in exhibitions at the National Academy of Design in 1888, [7] the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1896, [8] the American Water-Color Society in 1901 and 1903, [9] [10] [11] the Boston Art Club in 1902 and 1903, [12] [13] the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis in 1904 ...
The society was founded in 1866 by eleven painters and was originally known as the American Society of Painters in Water Colors. [1] Initially, it was difficult to draw in new members, partially because some artists of the time opposed the society's policy of allowing women to join. [2] The New York Watercolor Club merged into the society in 1941.
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The National Watercolor Society was established by Dana Bartlett in 1920, who was its first president, as the California Water Color Society. [2] [3] [4] In 1967, the members of the society decided to rename the society as the California National Watercolor Society. In 1975, the society was renamed as the National Watercolor Society.
The New England Watercolor Society, originally named the Boston Watercolor Society, is an artist-run organization formed to promote and exhibit work by watercolor painters. It was also at one time known as the Boston Society of Watercolor Painters .
Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998) [1] was an artist and educator.Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Muscarelle Museum of Art, and The Phillips Collection.
The first preliminary meeting of the society took place in Glasgow on 21 December 1877 as a reaction to a lack of interest in watercolour art by existing exhibitors. The society was inaugurated on 4 March 1878 with the election of its first president, Sir Francis Powell and vice president, Sam Bough. Its first exhibition of 172 pictures took ...