Red Rose Guild

The Red Rose Guild was founded in 1920 and ran, with a break during World War II from 1940-1946, until 1962 when it folded.

The Red Rose Guild came into existence as a result of a 1920 exhibition at the Houldsworth Hall in Manchester. The first exhibition was organised by the wood engraver Margaret Pilkington, born in 1891, who studied under Noel Rooke at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. She remained in touch with Rooke and Lucien Pissaro, another tutor, both of whom contributed to the 1920 exhibition. They were also among the patrons and guarantors of the first official exhibition of the Red Rose Guild of Artworkers, as it was originally called, held in October 1921 . Phyllis Barron and Ethel Mairet work was also sold from stalls in the early days.

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