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The Society of Graphic Art (renamed Society of Graphic Fine Art in 1988) is a British arts organisation established in 1919.

History

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The Society of Graphic Fine Art was founded as the Society of Graphic Art in 1919 by a group of etching students from the LCC Central School of Art, led by Frank Lewis Emanuel, as a reaction to the post-war incursion of Modern Art. The Prominent Royal Academician Frank Brangwyn, was invited to be the first president, with Emanuel as Vice-President. Emanuel was to remain a significant force in the society until 1946, when he tendered his resignation as President.[1]

The Society was formed:

for the purpose of holding periodical exhibitions of all the various forms of black and white art in a comprehensive and dignified manner. Its aim will be to further the interests of British and Colonial artists who produce, in monochrome, examples of sound draughtsmanship in pencil, pen-and-ink, monotype, silver-point, dry-point, and in the various methods of engraving on metal, wood, stone, etc. The scope and scale of the scheme is purposely large, as it is desired to form, for the first time in this country, a powerful and thoroughly comprehensive body representing what has truly been described as the most potent and varied side of British art.[2]

According to a respected art journal in 1921, "The foundation of a body to protect the existence of draughtsmanship was never more needed than at the present time." The editorial welcomed the formation of the SGA, as part of "a renascent school of thought", and praised the inaugural exhibition, held at the RBA Galleries in Suffolk Street, London on 1–29 January, 1921.[3] By international standards, the SGA was a late starter: the Canadian Society of Graphic Art was formed in 1904, and the Society of American Graphic Artists in 1915.

The Society held an annual exhibition in London of members' work until 1933 when economic pressures prompted the committee to make that year's exhibition Open to non-members. Fees for registration and hanging provided the society income above and beyond commission on sales of artwork. The annual exhibition has remained in London apart from four years (2001-2004) when it was held in Bath.[1]

The Society was briefly known as the Society of Graphic Artists before the name was changed to Society of Graphic Fine Art did the on 1 January 1988, in an attempt to mitigate the commercial implication of the word “graphic”*. The society retains its regard for draughtsmanship but embraces far more variety in practice than the original "black and white" Society.

Today, the Society:

exists to promote and exhibit original works of high quality in colour or black and white. This includes traditional and contemporary media. The emphasis is on excellence in drawing and draughtsmanship, demonstrated by hand.[4]

Some of the artists who exhibited with the SGA in 1921

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In the catalogue of the SGA’s first exhibition[5] the names of artists were usually shown with one given name and initial(s); here, they are shown in full.

§ Member of Council.

ǂ Honorary Member.

References

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  1. ^ a b One Hundred Years. The Society of Graphic Fine Arts. 2018. ISBN 978-1-5272-3172-6.
  2. ^ Salaman, Malcolm C. (1920). "The Society of Graphic Art". The International Studio. 72 (284–287). New York: John Lane Company: 13–22. ISSN 0343-6993.
  3. ^ "Society of Graphic Art". The Connoisseur. 59: 124. February 1921.
  4. ^ "SFGA - OESS2". sgfa.oess1.uk. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
  5. ^ Catalogue of first annual exhibition of the Society of Graphic Art : held at the Suffolk Street Galleries ... January 1-29 1921., London: Society of Graphic Art, 1921
  6. ^ APR: Artists’ Papers Register. "Andrews, Douglas Sharpus (1885-1944)". Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  7. ^ Suffolk Painters. "Baskett, Charles Henry". Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. ^ Radnorshire Fine Arts Ltd. "Beach, Ernest George (1865-1943)". Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ^ Victor Batte-Lay Foundation (30 October 2013). "Harry Becker (1865-1928) Cart Horse". Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  10. ^ Talisman Fine Art. "Alfred Bentley, Ruined Castle, Drypoint Etching". Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  11. ^ Babbington Fine Art. "Ernest Blaikley MBE FRSA (1885-1965)". Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. ^ Dunham, Benjamin S. "Life Story". J. Alphege Brewer. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
  13. ^ British Council: Visual Arts. "Elijah Albert Cox (1876–1955)". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  14. ^ Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art. "Greta Delleany (1884-1968)". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  15. ^ Gray, Sarah (2009). The Dictionary of British Women Artists. Cambridge: Lutterworth Press. p. 92. ISBN 9780718830847.
  16. ^ Suffolk Painters. "Dow, Alexander Warren". Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  17. ^ Waters, Grant. "JRK Duff..." Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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  19. ^ Fine Art, Sullis. "Frank Lewis Emanuel". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Encyclopedia of Fantasy (1997): Fell, H Granville". SFE The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. SFE Ltd. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
  21. ^ ODNB (2004). "Finberg, Alexander Joseph". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33129. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 21 January 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  22. ^ "Hanslip Fletcher (Biographical details)". The British Museum. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  23. ^ Blue Heron Gallery. "George Percival Gaskell". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  24. ^ "Edward Frank Gillett (Biographical details)". The British Museum. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  25. ^ Haynes Fine Art. "Charles Haigh-Wood". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  26. ^ Cambridge Book & Print Gallery. "Ernest Llewellyn Hampshire (British, b. 1882)". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  27. ^ British Council - Visual Arts. "Martin Hardie (1875–1952)". Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  28. ^ Worledge, John; Worledge, Vera (1994), Wanderers in Northamptonshire: The second journey - following further in the steps of George Harrison, artist, writer and poet (1876-1950), Oldbury: Meridian, ISBN 1869922247
  29. ^ Cornwall Artists Index. "Alfred Hartley". Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  30. ^ National Portrait Gallery. "Dorothy Hawksley (1884-1970)". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  31. ^ British Council: Visual Arts. "Elsie Henderson (1880 – 1967)". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  32. ^ Magforum blog (20 November 2014). "The charming children of Lilian Hocknell". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  33. ^ "Gilbert Joseph Holiday (1879-1937)". Sarah Colegrave Fine Art. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  34. ^ The Victorian Web. "Ernest Borough-Johnson (1866-)". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  35. ^ Suffolk Painters. "Johnson, Esther Borough". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  36. ^ Brier Hill Gallery. "Margaret Drury Kemp-Welch (1874-1968)". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  37. ^ Blackbrook Gallery. "William Gunning King (1859-1940)". Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  38. ^ She later married engraver and watercolourist Wilfrid Wood
  39. ^ Bonhams. "Joseph Kirkpatrick (British, 1872-1930)". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  40. ^ "Artist: Percy Lancaster". William Shannon Fine Art. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  41. ^ "Dorothea Landau (Biographical details)". The British Museum. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
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  43. ^ The Victorian Web. "Edward Louis Laurenson (or Lawrenson) RA (1868-1940)". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  44. ^ William Shannon Fine Art. "Artist: James Hamilton Mackenzie". Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  45. ^ Flashbak (24 March 2017). "The Artist Who Unlocked King Tutankhamun's Tomb And Revealed A London Underground Of Wonders (1928)". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  46. ^ Cornwall Artists Index. "William Westley Manning". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  47. ^ Day Gallery. "Frederick Marriott (b 1860 Stoke On Trent, UK- d 1941 London)". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  48. ^ Totteridge Gallery. "Morton Mathews". Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  49. ^ Brier Hill Gallery. "William Monk (1863-1937)". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  50. ^ "John Charles Moody (RI, RE, PSGA 1884-1962)". Travelling Art Gallery. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  51. ^ Cornwall Artists Index. "Catherine Maude Nichols". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  52. ^ bridgeman images. "Noble, John Edwin (1876-1941)". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  53. ^ "Captain J.B. Peart: Portrait of the writer and illustrator Marian Ada. Peart, circa 1930". Liss Llewellyn Fine Art. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  54. ^ Look and Learn - History Picture Library (23 July 2011). "Edward Tennyson Reed: Artist". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
  55. ^ Bradshaw, Percy V. (1918). The Art of the Illustrator: Warwick Reynolds and his Work. London: Press Art School.
  56. ^ Phillips, Howard. "The life and work of Charles Sykes, sculptor, graphic designer and cartoonist, 1878-1950, by his grandson, Howard Phillips". The life and work of Charles Sykes. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  57. ^ "William Palmer Robins". William Palmer Robins. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  58. ^ Suffolk Painters. "Rose, George Herbert". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  59. ^ Campbell Fine Art. "Claude Allin Shepperson". Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  60. ^ The Friend: The Quaker Magazine (2 October 2014). "Robert Spence". Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  61. ^ Louise Kosman: Modern British Art. "Leonard Squirrell 1893-1979". Retrieved 28 January 2018.
  62. ^ Sutcliffe Galleries. "Lester Sutcliffe". Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  63. ^ Listed as "deceased". He had died the previous year.
  64. ^ Brier Hill Gallery. "Daniel A. Wehrschmidt". Retrieved 8 February 2018. As a result of the First World War he anglicized his name to "Veresmith."
  65. ^ Fine Printed Inc. "Percy Westwood; Rouen, France". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  66. ^ Royston & District Museum & Art Gallery. "Whydale collection". Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  67. ^ Sherlockian-sherlock.com. "Illustrator Frank Wiles". Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  68. ^ Staton, Roger (October 2013). "A forgotten star of the early 20th century revival". About Dorothy E G Woollard. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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