New York Watercolor Society

The New York Watercolor Society, also known as the New York Water Color Society, was a "short-lived" organization founded in 1850 by in part by John William Hill. It led to the American Watercolor Society.^[1]

It was an early watercolor organization, following the 1804 establishment of the first Watercolor Society in England called the Society of Painters in Water Colours (now named the Royal Watercolour Society).^[2]

The name of the organization was sometimes confused with the New York Watercolor Club. For instance Childe Hassam was said to be the Society's first president (1889),^[3] but he was the first president of the New York Watercolor Club.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Joan M. Marter (2011). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Oxford University Press. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8.
2. ↑ Adelheid M. Gealt (1983). Looking at art: a visitor's guide to museum collections. R.R. Bowker. p. 382. ISBN 978-0-8352-1730-9.
3. ↑ Anthony Mitchell Sammarco (January 2011). Dorchester: A Compendium. The History Press. pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-1-60949-217-5.
4. ↑ Niamh O'Sullivan; Aloysius O'Kelly (2010). Aloysius O'Kelly: Art, Nation, Empire. Field Day Publications. p. 224. ISBN 978-0-946755-42-4.