Society of Washington Artists records

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Society of Washington Artists records

1897-1967

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Administrative files, correspondence, exhibition files, and financial records documenting the activities of the Society of Washington Artists. A small portion of the collection also contains files on the Washington Arts Club and printed material regarding the Artists Equity Association.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6757769

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Artists Equity Association

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Field, Joyce W.

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Society of Washington Artists (Washington, D.C.)

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The Society of Washington Artists was organized at a meeting of the Art Students League of Washington sometime after 1889. In 1891, the Society was officially established in order to promote the exhibition of its members' art work. By 1898 the Society had its own gallery space at 1020 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., but its annual exhibitions were primarily held in the Corcoran Gallery at 17th Street and New York Avenue. From the description of Society of Washington Artists records, 1927-1...