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The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (in French: La Société Canadienne de Peintres en Aquarelle), founded in 1925 is considered to be Canada's official national watercolour Society. Since the 1980s the Society has enjoyed Vice-regal Patronage from the incumbent Governor-General of Canada. Recognized by a long list of international exhibitions it is the Canadian equivalent of such other national societies as the American Watercolor Society of the United States, the Royal Watercolour Society of the United Kingdom, etc. The nation's oldest medium-specific arts organization has had an illustrious history. Membership is looked upon as a mark of achieving peer recognition in one of the most difficult and demanding visual arts form. The elected members are entitled to use the Society's initials CSPWC (in French: SCPA) after their names. Early history There is probably justification for including some of the indigenous peoples as early users of versions of watercolour in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (in French: La Société Canadienne de Peintres en Aquarelle), founded in 1925 is considered to be Canada's official national watercolour Society. Since the 1980s the Society has enjoyed Vice-regal Patronage from the incumbent Governor-General of Canada. Recognized by a long list of international exhibitions it is the Canadian equivalent of such other national societies as the American Watercolor Society of the United States, the Royal Watercolour Society of the United Kingdom, etc. The nation's oldest medium-specific arts organization has had an illustrious history. Membership is looked upon as a mark of achieving peer recognition in one of the most difficult and demanding visual arts form. The elected members are entitled to use the Society's initials CSPWC (in French: SCPA) after their names. Early history There is probably justification for including some of the indigenous peoples as early users of versions of watercolour in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
