To promote the exhibition of its members' art work
Location
Washington, D.C.
The Society of Washington Artists was established in 1890 in Washington, D.C.[1] The Society was organized by the Art Students League of Washington.[2]
The Society's first exhibit was in 1891, held at the Woodward & Lothrop building. Within a few years the Society had its own gallery space at 1020 Connecticut Avenue. In that space the Society exhibited loaned art work held in private collections in Washington, D.C. By 1900 the Society's annual exhibits included out-of-town artists and were the forerunners of the Corcoran Gallery's Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Art.[2][1]
^ abcMilligan, Gladys (1960). "The Society of Washington Artists". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. 60/62: 282–288. ISSN0897-9049. JSTOR40067232.