235 South Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5608
President
Richard A. Harrington[1]
Website
http://sketchclub.org
Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Philadelphia Sketch Club Historical Marker
The Philadelphia Sketch Club, founded on November 20, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of America's oldest artists' clubs.[2] The club's own web page proclaims it the oldest.[3] Prominent members have included Joseph Pennell, Thomas Eakins, A.B. Frost,[4] Howard Chandler Christy, and N.C. Wyeth.[5]
The club's mission is "to provide a community for visual artists, appreciation of the visual arts and visual arts education." The club's low-cost workshops and competitions are open to the public. 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.[6]
The club has held shows and exhibitions since its founding. Medal winners from the club's shows include Violet Oakley, John Folinsbee and Betty Bowes. In April 2008, the club held its 145th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings at the club's main gallery.[7]
The club's art collection includes 44 portraits of members painted in the 1890s by Thomas Anshutz; more than 125 etchings by members of the Philadelphia Society of Etchers; and sculpture, stained glass, ceramics, bronze plaques, medals and metal work by its own members. The Club lends pieces to other organizations and exhibitors from time to time. The Club's archives contain information from artists associated with the club.
^"Philadelphia Sketch Club Board of Directors". Retrieved 2016-06-16.
^"Windfall". Time. January 15, 1940. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
The PhiladelphiaSketchClub, founded on November 20, 1860, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is one of America's oldest artists' clubs. The club's own web...
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of Art, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, the PhiladelphiaSketchClub, and the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill, PA. Her painting...
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