Providence Art Club
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The Providence Art Club is an art club founded in 1880, and located on Thomas Street in Providence, Rhode Island. The club has studios, galleries and a clubhouse in a "picturesque procession of historic houses," which are across the street from the First Baptist Church in America.[1] One of those buildings is the Fleur-de-lys Studios.
History
The Providence Art Club was founded by Providence artists Edward Mitchell Bannister, Charles Walter Stetson, Sydney Burleigh, and George William Whitaker in 1880.[2]
The first president of the Art Club was the locally prominent portrait artist James Sullivan Lincoln.[3] The club's first woman president was Mabel May Woodward.[4]
References
- ^ "About Us". Providence Art Club.
- ^ "Inductee Details: George William Whitaker". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Lincoln, James Sullivan, 1811-1888". Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Mabel May Woodward (1877-1945)". Invaluable.com: The world’s premier auctions. Retrieved 17 April 2015.