Königliches Malerinstitut / KATALOG DER 77. AUSSTELLUNG MIT 1895
Description: Cover stains, random foxing, a few marks on catalogue list, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; "Founded in 1831 for the encouragement of artists working outside the mainstream of traditional painting, the Institute was originally known as the New Society of Painters in Water Colours and was thus in direct opposition to the Royal Watercolour Society which had been founded in 1804. The RI differed in policy by exhibiting both members' and non-members' work. Both societies challenged the Royal Academy's refusal to accept the medium of watercolours as appropriate for what they termed "serious art". The name was later changed to the Institute of Painters in Water Colours and then, on the command of Queen Victoria after the opening of the 1885 exhibition, it was designated a 'R.
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