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The Adelaide Easel Club was a society for South Australian painters founded in 1892 and which merged with the Society of Arts in 1901. ==History== The club was founded in November 1892 when a group of Adelaide artists, having broken away from the South Australian Society of Arts,〔McCulloch, Alan ''Encyclopedia of Australian Art'' Hutchinson of London, 1968. p.505 "SINCLAIR, Alfred" Incorrectly referred to as "Royal South Australian Society of Arts", elsewhere as "South Australian Society of Artists" and "South Australian Artists' Society"〕 which succeeded the South Australian Academy of Arts, formulated a set of rules, one of which was that members must submit a sketch at each meeting based on a subject nominated at the previous meeting, and which would be shown to fellow members (students at the School of Art formed the "Adelaide Sketch Club" along similar lines fifteen years earlier.) The first subject was "Solitude". Foundation members included "Jimmy" Ashton, Alfred Scott Broad, Edward Davies, C. Harrie Gooden, Andrew MacCormac, C. C. Presgrave,〔Charles Cave Presgrave (16 December 1863 – 28 February 1897) was a clerk with the Savings Bank. He married Elsie Maude Bleechmore on 30 April 1895; they had one son, Kenneth Cave Presgrave (17 March 1896 – 1976)〕 G. A. Reynolds, J. Shakespeare, "Alf" Sinclair and his brother "Joe" Wadham, John White, and E. J. Woods. Later members included Paris Nesbit, Jimmy Saddler, Oscar Fristrom, Hans Heysen, Hayley Lever and Herbert Smyrk. Club meetings were at first generally held at the studios of Wadham & Sinclair, Colonial Mutual Building, King William Street, but occasionally at James Ashton's art school and studio in Norwood, later at their own premises, 62 Rundle Street (Fritz & Bernard's Art Palace or Fruhling's studios; later the site of the York Theatre)〔 The first president was W. J. Wadham,〔 followed in 1896 by James Ashton. Secretary was C. C. Presgrave until his death in 1897,〔 followed by J. H. Gooden.〔 The Adelaide Easel Club merged with the Society of Arts in 1901. The Chief Justice, Sir Samuel Way was closely involved with both organisations. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Adelaide Easel Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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