Philadelphia Sketch Club

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The Philadelphia Sketch Club, founded in 1860, is one of America’s oldest artists' clubs.[1]

Its mission is "to support and nurture working visual artists, the appreciation of the visual arts, visual arts education, and the historical value of the visual arts to the community." The club’s low-cost workshops and competitions are open to the public and all interested artists are invited to apply for membership. The club’s activities are sustained by gifts from members, friends and nearly 20 major foundations, corporations and historical organizations.[2]

Past members include Thomas Eakins, Joseph Pennell and N.C. Wyeth. Medal winners from the club's shows include Violet Oakley, John Folinsbee and Betty Bowes.

In 1866, the club held its first annual exhibition. The review in the New York Times began:

The impression made upon the visitor to the exhibition of paintings by the Philadelphia Sketch Club at the Derby Gallery, is one of disappointment rather than of pleasure, however modest may be his expectations before entering. True, there are in the collection a number of good paintings, and a few of more than passing merit.[3]

In April 2008 the club holds its 145th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings at the club's main gallery.[4]

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Philadelphia Portal
  1. ^ "Windfall" (January 15, 1940, retrieved 12 December 2007). Time magazine. 
  2. ^ PSC Mission. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
  3. ^ "THE FINE ARTS.; THE FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION OF THE PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB." (January 25, 1866, retrieved 12 December 2007). New York Times: 5. 
  4. ^ 145th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings Prospectus. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
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