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| Formation | 1898 |
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| Founder | Dudley Hardy, Phil May, Cecil Aldin, Walter Churcher, Tom Browne |
| Type | Club for sketch artists |
| Headquarters | London, England |
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President | Richard Evans |
| Website | www |
The London Sketch Club is a social club for artists working in the field of commercial graphic art, mainly for newspapers, periodicals, and books.
History
The club was founded in 1898 by a breakaway group of members from Langham Sketching Club. 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 Langham Sketch 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
The sketch 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.
See also
References
- ^ "London Sketch Club | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ "Page 45’s Bryan Talbot Interview," Page 45 website (April 2007). Retrieved Dec. 11, 2020.
Bibliography
- 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
Coordinates: 51°29′5.02″N 0°9′36.02″W / 51.4847278°N 0.1600056°W