London Sketch Club

Summary

The London Sketch Club is a private members' club for artists working in the field of commercial graphic art, mainly for newspapers, periodicals, and books.

The London Sketch Club
Formation1898; 126 years ago (1898)
FounderDudley Hardy, Phil May, Cecil Aldin, Walter Churcher, Tom Browne
TypePrivate members' club for artists
HeadquartersLondon, England
Location
President
Mark Prizeman
Websitewww.londonsketchclub.com
1900 invitation to one of the regular "smoking" evenings at the club.

History edit

The club was founded in 1898 by a breakaway group of members from the Langham Sketching Club, following a disagreement over whether to have hot or cold suppers after an evening's drawing. The founder members were Dudley Hardy, Phil May, Cecil Aldin, Walter Churcher, and Tom Browne. George Charles Haité was its first president.

A joint exhibition with the Langham Sketching Club was held at the Mall Galleries in 1976.[1]

For a while in the late 1970s, the Society of Strip Illustration held its monthly meetings at the Sketch Club.[2]

Clubhouse edit

The club relocated in 1903 from its original location to premises in Wells Street, off Oxford Street. In 1957, the club moved to 7 Dilke Street in Chelsea.

Members edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "London Sketch Club | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Page 45’s Bryan Talbot Interview," Page 45 website (April 2007). Retrieved Dec. 11, 2020.

Bibliography edit

  • Philippe Kaenel (2005). Le métier d'illustrateur, 1830-1880: Rodolphe Töpffer, J-J Grandville, Gustave Doré (in French) (2 ed.). Librairie Droz. p. 543. ISBN 978-2-600-00531-9.
  • The Pall Mall Gazette 2 April 1898

External links edit

  • Official website

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