Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers

The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. An organisation of stainers, or painters of metals and wood, is known to have existed as early as 1268. A similar organisation of painters, who generally worked on cloth, existed as early as 1283. The two bodies merged in 1502; the new organisation was incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1581. Now, the Company is less of a trade association of painters, and more of a charitable company; it is also a supporter of various art schools and universities.

Eleven Liverymen have served the office of Lord Mayor since 1922.

The Company ranks twenty-eighth in the order of precedence of Livery Companies. The Company's motto is Amor Queat Obedientiam, Latin for Love Can Compel Obedience.

The livery company's hall is situated between Huggin Hill and Little Trinity Lane, in the ward of Queenhithe.

Distinguished members

Through the centuries the Company has included many distinguished artists including:

• Sir Joshua Reynolds P.R.A.
• Sir Godfrey Kneller
• Sir Peter Lely
• Sir James Thornhill
• William Dobson
• Peter Monamy
• Lord Leighton P.R.A.
• Sir John Millais P.R.A.
• Sir Edward Poynter P.R.A.
• Sir Alfred Munnings P.R.A.
• Sir Thomas Monnington
• Sir Frank Dicksee P.R.A.
• Sir Gerald Kelly P.R.A.
• Sir Charles Wheeler P.R.A.
• Sir Roger de Grey P.R.A.

Other distinguished members have included:

• Richard Lovelace
• Sir Edwin Lutyens P.R.A.
• 7th Duke of Wellington
• Field Marshal Lord Alexander
• Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Tedder
• Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer
• Sir Colin Cole
• General Lord Guthrie
• General Sir Roger Wheeler
• Sir Hugh Casson R.A.
• Sir Denis Rooke
• Sir Denis Thatcher
• Sir Carl Aarvold
• Sir Philip Dowson P.R.A.

See also

• Guild of Saint Luke

External links

• The Painter-Stainers' Company
• A brief history of the house-painting trade in London ca.1660-1850 can be found in this essay by the English historian of paint and colour, Patrick Baty [1]