London Sketch Club
Encyclopedia
| Founded | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Home Page | www.londonsketchclub.com |
| Address | 7 Dilke Street, Chelsea Chelsea, London Chelsea is an area of West London, England, bounded to the south by the River Thames, where its frontage runs from Chelsea Bridge along the Chelsea Embankment, Cheyne Walk, Lots Road and Chelsea Harbour. Its eastern boundary was once defined by the River Westbourne, which is now in a pipe above... |
| Clubhouse occupied since | ? |
| Club established for | Sketch artists Art Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect.... |
The London Sketch Club was founded on 1 April 1898 as a social club for artists working in the field of commercial graphic art, mainly for newspapers, periodicals and books. The founder members were Dudley Hardy
Dudley Hardy
Dudley Hardy, RI, ROI, RBA, RMS, PS, , was an English painter and illustrator....
, Phil May, Walter Fowler, Lance Thackeray, Cecil Aldin
Cecil Aldin
Cecil Charles Windsor Aldin was a British artist and illustrator best known for his paintings and sketches of animals, sports, and rural life.-Life and work:...
, W Sanders Fiske, Walter Churcher, Tom Browne
Tom Browne (illustrator)
Tom Browne born Thomas Arthur Browne , was an extremely popular English strip cartoonist, painter and illustrator of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods....
and its first president George Charles Haité
George Charles Haité
George Charles Haité was an English designer, painter, illustrator and writer. His most famous work is the iconic cover design of the Strand Magazine launched in 1891 which helped popularise the Sherlock Holmes stories of Arthur Conan Doyle...
, Hon. Sec. Frederick (aka Frank) Hamilton Jackson. Members of the Club have included John Hassall
John Hassall (illustrator)
John Hassall was born in Walmer, Kent on 21 May 1868, died 8 March 1948 and was an English illustrator.Hassall educated in Worthing, at Newton Abbot College and at Neuenheim College, Heidelberg. After twice failing entry to The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he emigrated to Manitoba in Canada...
, H.M. Bateman, Salomon van Abbé
Salomon van Abbé
Salomon van Abbé , also known as Jack van Abbé or Jack Abbey, was an artist, etcher and illustrator of books and magazines....
, Terence Cuneo and David Langdon
David Langdon (cartoonist)
David Langdon was an English cartoonist. Born in London, he worked from 1931 in the Architects Department of London County Council, working on his professional qualifications while drawing cartoons as a sideline. In 1937 he was invited to contribute to Punch.He joined the London Rescue Service in...
.