The Hesketh Hubbard Art Society is the largest life drawing society in London. It was founded in 1930 and has been meeting regularly since then.

History and activities

The Hesketh Hubbard Art Society has been holding weekly life drawing classes since its foundation in 1930."Museums, galleries and attractions".
City of Westminster, ResCard, Autumn 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2007 It was originally a club within the Royal Society of British Arts. It is one of the 9 member societies that form the

Federation of British Artists The Federation of British Artists (FBA) consists of nine art societies, and is based at Mall Galleries in London where the societies' Annual Exhibitions are held. The societies represent living artists working in the United Kingdom who create co ...

and holds its meetings in the Federation's Mall Galleries, next to

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."Hesketh Hubbard Art Society".
Mall Galleries. Retrieved 9 February 2007 There are 50 meetings annually with three life models and one portrait model in poses of varying duration. The sessions are untutored and open to amateurs and professionals alike. Prospective members are asked to show a selection of work. An early member was

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(1904 – 1993), author, illustrator and artist, an extensive collection of whose work is in the

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. The Society awarded a first prize to Leonard Bennetts (1933 – 2005), a

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artist who settled in London and described himself as "the original retrogressionist (the way forwards is backwards)". Colin McMillan (born 1923) has been a President of the Society and a member for 20 years. He began painting in the

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and his work is in the Imperial War Museum. Ray Denton, a winner of the Charles Pears prize at the Royal Society of Marine Artists was a member of the Society, till leaving London in 1996."Ray Denton".
Davidson Fine Art. Retrieved 9 February 2007. The current President of the Society is Simon Whittle, and the vice-president, David Cottingham.

Notes and references

External links

The Society on the FBA web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hesketh Hubbard Art Society British artist groups and collectives Art societies 1930 establishments in the United Kingdom

History and activities

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