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Water Colour Society of Ireland

January 01, 1970

Water Colour Society of Ireland (WCSI) is a watercolour society in Ireland, founded in 1870. The Society held its first exhibition in the Courthouse, Lismore, County Waterford in May 1871.[1]

History edit

The Water Colour Society of Ireland (WCSI) was founded in 1870 as the Amateur Drawing Society by an informal group of six well-connected women from County Waterford, Baroness Pauline Prochazka, Harriet Keane, Frances Keane, Henrietta Phipps, Fanny Currey and Fanny Musgrave.[2][3][4] Eight years after its founding, the organisation briefly became the "Irish Fine Art Society" before settling to its current name in 1888.[5] The stated objective of the Society is "to promote and develop nationally the use and appreciation of watercolour and associated media among artists, students and the general public."[6]

Exhibitions edit

The society held the first exhibition in 1871 at the courthouse in Lismore, County Waterford, and went on to exhibit at Clonmel, Carlow, and finally in 1891 the society begun an annual Spring Exhibition at Molesworth Hall, Dublin.[2][7] The national collection for the society which consists of painting by 122 members was founded in 1993, and is housed at the Concert Hall of the University of Limerick.[8][9] In 2004 the National Gallery held an exhibition, 150: The Watercolour Society of Ireland's Exhibitions.[10] In 2009, the university published an illustrated book, The Silent Companion – An illustrated History of The Water Colour Society of Ireland.[11] Almost 25,000 works by 1,200 artists are listed in the societies Exhibition List 1872–1994 (1994).

Notable members edit

Past members include:[3][8][10][12][13]

See also edit

References edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "University of Limerick", watercoloursocietyofireland.ie
  2. ^ a b (McCormack 2001)
  3. ^ a b c "Water Colour Society of Ireland, A Brief History", ul.ie
  4. ^ MacNally, Niamh. (PDF). Irish Arts Review. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Delicate art of laying on washes", independent.ie
  6. ^ "Water Colour Society of Ireland", watercoloursocietyofireland.ie
  7. ^ "Some facts about the Society", watercoloursocietyofireland.ie
  8. ^ a b "A Galaxy of Geniuses", watercoloursocietyofireland.ie
  9. ^ "University of Limerick Watercolour Society Collection", discoverireland.com
  10. ^ (Butler 2010)
  11. ^ a b "Ireland's Largest watercolours event to go on show – 155th Exhibition of Water Colour Society", dlrcoco.ie
  12. ^ "Architects to Show at Ireland's Largest Watercolours Event-156th Exhibition of Water Colour Society", architecturenow.ie

Sources edit

  • Butler, Patricia (2010), Silent Companion: An Illustrated History of the Water Colour Society of Ireland, Woodbridge : Antique Collectors' Club, ISBN 978-1-85149-644-0, OCLC 642846570.
  • Exhibition list, 1872–1994., Water Colour Society of Ireland, 1994.
  • McCormack, W. J. (2001), The Blackwell companion to modern Irish culture, p. 602, ISBN 978-0-631-22817-2, OCLC 48935867.

Further reading edit

  • Butler, Patricia (1997), Three Hundred Years of Irish Watercolours and Drawings, Phoenix, ISBN 978-0-7538-0206-9, OCLC 39489326.

External links edit

  • "Official Water Colour Society of Ireland website", watercoloursocietyofireland.ie
  • "Water Colour Society of Ireland, A Brief History", ul.ie
  • "History of Water Colour Society of Ireland (WCSI)", visual-arts-cork.com

January 01, 1970
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