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The Selecting Jury of the New English Art Club, 1909 NPG 2556

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir William Orpen

Founded in 1886 as a progressive alternative to the Royal Academy, the New English Art Club (NEAC) continued to be a focus for the avant-garde in the Edwardian period. It identified with French painting, particularly the plein-air approach of the Impressionists. Orpen first exhibited with the NEAC in 1899 and continued that association until 1929. His painting shows elected jury members selecting works for the annual NEAC exhibition, its use of stippled brushwork influenced by Impressionism. By the time of Orpen’s painting, however, the NEAC... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

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