Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors
The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colors (RI) is an association of painters who work with watercolors and one of the societies of the Federation of British Artists .
history
The artists' association was founded in 1831 as the New Society of Painters in Water Colors in competition with the Society of Painters in Water Colors , later the Royal Watercolor Society , which was founded in 1804 and only exhibited works by members. In the New Society of Painters in Water Colors, however, paintings by non-members were also allowed to be submitted. What both societies had in common was their negative attitude towards the Royal Academy of Arts , which refused to accept watercolors as serious and serious art. In 1863 the association changed its name to the Institute of Painters in Water Colors . In 1883 she rented her own premises on Piccadilly . At the grand opening of the gallery by Albert Edward , then Prince of Wales , almost 900 paintings were on display. In 1885, Queen Victoria granted the Society the Royal Charter , so the name could be preceded by a Royal . When the lease for the building on Piccadilly expired in 1970, they moved to the Mall Galleries next to Trafalgar Square with other companies from the Federation of British Artists .
President
- 1832-1833 Joseph Powell
- 1833–1838 Thomas Maisey
- 1839–1873 Henry Warren
- 1873-1884 Louis Haghe
- 1884-1898 Sir James D Linton
- 1898-1909 Edward John Gregory RA
- 1909-1916 Sir James D Linton
- 1916-1933 Sir David Murray RA
- 1933-1936 Terrick Williams RA
- 1936-1963 Norman Wilkinson CBE
- 1963–1973 Rowland Hilder OBE
- 1973–1979 Aubrey Sykes
- 1979–1989 Charles Bone
- 1989-2014 Ronald Maddox
- 2014-2016 Andy Wood
- since 2017 Rosa Sepple
Known members
- Randolph Caldecott
- Patricia of Connaught
- Kate Greenaway
- Louis Haghe
- William Ayerst Ingram
- Robert Talbot Kelly
- Walter Langley
- Robert Macbeth
- Alfred Munnings
- Henry Meynell Rheam
- John Tenniel
- Horatio Walker
- John William Waterhouse