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in Australia. It was formed in March 1888 when the Victorian Academy of Arts (previously Victorian Society of Fine Arts) and the Australian Artists' Association amalgamated. The Victorian Artists’ Society is a not-for-profit organisation and
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. The Artists' Society routinely practices a range of art forms and styles through classes and gatherings in their permanent home, a heritage-listed bluestone building on Albert Street, Melbourne, opposite St. Patrick's Cathedral. As of 2021, the Victorian Artists' Society premises include four galleries, members’ rooms, an administrative office, and the original bluestone studio which operates as an art school. The original studio was not finished until 1902. The general public can view the seasonal collections of artworks in the gallery or buy artworks. The gallery is open seven days a week and the cost is free entry. New exhibitions are held fortnightly within the five galleries.


History

The origin of the Victorian Artists Society has strong connections to earlier art societies, academies and associations established in Melbourne, often with interlocking memberships, notably Mr. James Smith the art critic on Melbourne's ''Argus'' who was a member of the first society. The Victorian Society of Fine Arts was established in 1856. Beyond a few exhibitions of that society, there was no art movement in Melbourne until the Victorian Academy of Arts was formed in 1870 with "about twenty artists and amateurs" amongst its first members, including Eliezer Levi Montefiore. The Victorian Academy of Arts held annual exhibitions from 1871 to 1887. In 1886 a group of professional artists formed the Australian Artists' Association. The artists included: John Mather, Mr. Addison, Mr. G. R. Ashton, Mr. Percival Ball, Signor Catani, Mr. J.W. Curtis, Mr. McCubbin, Mr. Gibbs, Signor Habres, Mr. Kahler, Signor Tocein, Signor Neele, Mr. Patterson, Mr. Rolando, Mr. T. Roberts and Mr. Turner. The association held its first exhibition in 1886, with works by
Tom Roberts Thomas William Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne, he travelled to Europe i ...
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Louis Buvelot Louis Buvelot (3 March 1814 – 30 May 1888), born Abram-Louis Buvelot, was a Swiss landscape painter who lived 17 years in Brazil, and following 5 years back in Switzerland, stayed 23 years in Australia, where he influenced the Heidelberg Sch ...
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Frederick McCubbin Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubb ...
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Arthur Streeton Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian landscape painter and a leading member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism. Early life Streeton was born in Mount Moriac, Victoria ...
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John Ford Paterson John Ford Paterson (1851, Dundee – 30 June 1912, Carlton, Victoria, Carlton), often referred to as Ford or J. Ford Paterson, was a Scottish-born Australian artist. He specialised in landscapes. Biography While still a teenager, he began his s ...
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John Mather (artist) John Mather (1848 – 18 February 1916) was a Scottish-Australian plein-air painter and etcher.Judy Blyth, John (1848? - 1916), Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, 1986, pp 438-439. Retrieved 2010-04-01 John Mather the Artist– A ...
and many others. When opening the association's exhibition, Mr. James Smith, on behalf of the exhibiting artists stated that the ''association had not been formed in any spirit of opposition or rivalry with the older academy and that there was room for both.'' Ultimately this was not to be the case. John Mather was also a longstanding member of the Victorian Academy of Arts and worked towards bringing the two organisations together. In March 1888 the Academy and the Association amalgamated. On John Mather's motion, seconded by John Ford Paterson, the amalgamated organisation was named the Victorian Artist's Society. The first president of the new Society was
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. He was succeeded by John Mather who held the position for many years. Subsequent presidents included
John Ford Paterson John Ford Paterson (1851, Dundee – 30 June 1912, Carlton, Victoria, Carlton), often referred to as Ford or J. Ford Paterson, was a Scottish-born Australian artist. He specialised in landscapes. Biography While still a teenager, he began his s ...
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Frederick McCubbin Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubb ...
, Walter Withers, F.H. Bruford, W. Montgomery, Max Meldrum, C. Douglas Richardson, Sir John Longstaff,
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and Louis McCubbin. The premises at 430 Albert Street in
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were erected for the society in 1888, enlarged in 1892 and modernised in 1953. Facilities include four galleries, teaching studio, members room, offices and other ancillary facilities. During its early establishment, the Artists’ Society met in a private house in St. Kilda. Its founding members included landscape painter
Louis Buvelot Louis Buvelot (3 March 1814 – 30 May 1888), born Abram-Louis Buvelot, was a Swiss landscape painter who lived 17 years in Brazil, and following 5 years back in Switzerland, stayed 23 years in Australia, where he influenced the Heidelberg Sch ...
, painter
Hubert de Castella Charles Hubert de Castella (27 March 1825 – 30 October 1907) was a Swiss-Australian writer, artist and winemaker. Early life De Castella was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, eldest son of Dr. Jean François Paul de Castella, and his second w ...
and etcher J.A. Panton. The Artists’ Society was known for throwing parties and picnics at
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. By the 1890s, there were 400 members. This historical building was not limited to fine arts and was also established as a music conservatory that offered singing lessons by
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. Melba taught music lessons at the historical building from 1915 until close to her death in 1931. She would perform to crowds outside from the balcony of the house. In 2014, the Society honoured Melba with a special plaque for the gallery to record her musical history at the Victorian Artists’ Society. The Artists’ Society was a starting point for young artists of the Heidelberg school, a Victorian impressionist art movement of the 19th century, to exhibit their work and make their first major sales. Artists of the
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who were active members of the Victorian Artists’ Society included
Charles Conder Charles Edward Conder (24 October 1868 – 9 February 1909) was an English-born painter, lithographer and designer. He emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australi ...
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Frederick McCubbin Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubb ...
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Arthur Streeton Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian landscape painter and a leading member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism. Early life Streeton was born in Mount Moriac, Victoria ...
, and
Tom Roberts Thomas William Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne, he travelled to Europe i ...
. Max Meldrum, the Victorian Artists’ Society president in 1917, taught tonal realism at the gallery studio. In 1918 he left the Victorian Artists’ Society to form ‘The Society of Twenty Melbourne Painters’. Meldrum ran this society in its early stages from his studio in Hardware Chambers, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. They later changed their name to
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. Most of the early exhibitors in the Society were women. Albert Tucker, an Australian artist, and member of the
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, went to night art classes at the Victorian Artists’ Society studio in the 1930s. In 1938, at a VAS meeting, artists interested in contemporary styles decided to form Contemporary Artists’ Society (CAS). CAS is still active.


Today

''As of 2021'' The Victorian Artists Society is a gallery and public learning centre offering public exhibitions, art lessons, gallery space for hire, workshops, and paid opportunities for working Victorian artists. Art classes and workshops are offered to a minimum age of 16 and operate in four term sessions a year. Classes include
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, oil, acrylic,
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. 18 different art classes are offered each week in the studio. The gallery viewing hours operate from 10am to 4pm Monday to Friday, and 1pm to 4pm on Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is closed on public holidays. Classes are held in the studio six days a week. Membership is restricted to 1000, a figure last reached in 1979, and is open for new members to join for approximately $90. Membership is open to all persons interested in the fine arts, with the emphasis on practising artists. As of 2021, the current society president is Eileen Mackley, who joined the VAS board 29 December 2008, and was appointed president 5 December 2013. Ron Smith is head of media enquiries. Exhibitions are held annually, including the seasonal spring, summer, autumn and winter exhibitions, with awards given at each. Every year, the society presents the ‘Mavis Little VAS Artist of the Year Award’ to the artist receiving the most votes from exhibitors through that year. In 2020, The Victorian Artists’ Society launched an online art gallery called ‘Art for Sale,’ creating the opportunity for local Victorian artists to sell their works to a domestic and international online audience. The mediums of art for sale included paintings, sculptures, prints and
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. This free of charge online event ran from 26 August to 31 December 2020. In 2020, the Victorian Artists’ Society celebrated their 150th anniversary. The society released with historical information, drawings, and photographs, titled ‘Victorian Artists Society 1870 – 2020 Celebrating 150 Years’, edited by Rosemary Noble. To celebrate 150 years of the Artists’ Society on March 10, 2020, the Governor of Victoria, Linda Dessau AC, gave a speech saying “almost every notable Australian painter from the late 19th to early 20th centuries was associated with the VAS. Fortunately for the people of Victoria, and thanks to the National Gallery of Victoria, many of their works grace the walls at Government House.”


Building restoration

The Victorian Artists’ Society building is Heritage and National Trust listed. In 1873, a grant of land on Albert street became available and allowed for a modest structure. The building is opposite St. Patrick's Cathedral and 600m from
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. According to Professor Miles Lewis of the Australian Architectural Index, the building was originally one-story with measurements of 14.3m x 9.1 x 6m, built by Corben & Stuart. The Romanesque-style building was originally designed by architect Leonard Terry, a designer of warehouses and banks, and Richard Speight. The house underwent
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s in the late 1970s, installing fluorescent lighting, which they later changed again. Although the building has been renovated, the original 1873 studio and 1892 staircase, galleries, and balcony remain. The original Baltic pine floor, tables, and easels still remain the same. An elevator has been added. In 2015, the historic building was threatened by severe
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and needed urgent restoration repairs for a cost of approximately $1 million. The building needed cosmetic attention, roof restoration, replastering, replumbing, and new electricity installed. The society began the restoration funded entirely by donations and money raised. In May 2015, twenty of the society's artists participated in a mass portrait painting called “People Painting People,” with several well-known members of the public, including former Victorian Police commissioner Ken Lay, as the artist subjects. This
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event and multiple others contributed to the money raised for the building restoration. Australian arts and heritage consultant, Tracey Avery advised and reported on paint finishes, new colour schemes and prepared for approval by
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. After approximately five years of renovations and $2.5 million raised by both members and donors, the building restoration was complete.


Finances

The Victorian Artist's Society is a non-for-profit and charitable organisation as of its registration in 2012. Many members of the society council work on a volunteer basis. The Society's president, Eileen Mackley, is the VAS Treasurer. According to the
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AIS report published 30 July 2020, 9.46% of the total
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of the Victorian Artists’ Society was from donations and bequests. In the year 2020, over $650,000 of the society's gross income was from donations and bequests, which in large part paid for the completion of the building restoration. Approximately 91.64% of their total expenses is on employee salaries. In 2020, the year of
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, there were no significant changes in the company's activity during the financial year.


Working artists in Victoria

After the amalgamation forming the Victorian Artists’ Society in 1888, distinguished artists associated with the Victorian Artists’ Society included Tom Roberts, Charles Conder, and Arthur Streeton. Arthur Ernest Streeton painted ‘Settler’s Camp’ and ‘Pastoral’, both exhibited and sold at the Victorian Artists Society in 1888. He took inspiration for his portraits from the Yarra River and its bridges. After his time at the Victorian Artists Society, Streeton worked for the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1891. Tom Roberts, alongside Streeton a former member of the Artists’ Society has been called the founder of
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. Both artists regularly exhibited oil paintings. Charles Conder studied at the Art Society School during the 1880s where he exhibited his impressionist painting ''‘Departure of the Orient – Circular Quay’'' in 1888. Conder sold this painting to the Art Gallery of New South Wales that same year, before leaving to work with Streeton in Melbourne and joining the Victorian Artists’ Society. After joining the Society, he exhibited paintings ‘''Coogee Bay’'' 1888, and ‘''A Holiday at Mentone’'' 1888. Conder, along with Roberts, McCubbin, and Streeton became contributors to ''The 9 by 5 Impressionism Exhibition'' in August 1889. This exhibition represented impressions of bushlands and city life during a formative period of national
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Esther Paterson Esther Paterson Gill (5 February 1892 8 August 1971) was an Australian artist, book-illustrator and cartoonist. Early years Paterson was born in Carlton, Victoria, the second child born to Scottish emigrants Hugh and Elizabeth Leslie (''née' ...
, born in 1893, was the longest-serving female office bearer of the Victorian Artist's Society. She was also an active member of the
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. Similar to the Victorian Artists’ Society, the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors, founded in 1902, is the oldest organisation for women artists in Australia. Many members of the Victorian Artists Society are also members of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors. Similar societies to the Victorian Artists’ Society which provide opportunities and exhibitions for working artists in Victoria include Hawthorn Artist Society, Heidelberg Artists Society, and
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Exhibitions and awards

The Victorian Artists’ Society holds changing exhibitions throughout the year. In the five galleries, new exhibitions are held every two to three weeks. Exhibitions range from retrospective exhibitions of former VAS members to
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landscapes to contemporary works focusing on the raw beauty of nature. The Artists' Society holds eleven awarded exhibitions a year for members including, Mavis Little VAS Artist of the Year Award, The Norma Bull Portraiture Scholarship, The VAS George Hicks Foundation Contemporary Exhibition, VAS Autumn Select Exhibition, VAS Maritime Exhibition, VAS Portrait Exhibition, VAS Spring Select Exhibition, and the VAS Winter Select Exhibition. The Mavis Little Artist of the Year Award is a $10,000 prize and solo exhibition and is sponsored by the Hansen Little Foundation. The Artist of the Year Award was introduced by Robert Miller in 1973. In October 2019, the newly renovated Victorian Artists’ Society hosted “FIVE Exhibition” by the FIVE Melbourne Art Group. This exhibition included landscapes, streetscapes, and portrait paintings from Ted Dansey, Mary Hyde, Julian Bruere, John Hunt, and Lucille Tam. This exhibition was free entry.


Notable members


Founders (1888)

* Joseph Anderson Panton * Louis Buvelot * Thomas Clark * Hubert De Castella


Presidents

* 2021 Richard Impey * 2013 Eileen Mackley * 2011 Gregory R Smith * 2007 Noel Waite * 2003 John Hunt * 1998 Paul McDonald Smith * 1995 Kathlyn Ballard * 1991 Arthur William Harding * 1988 Connie Walker * 1983 David Roper * 1980 Dorothy Baker * 1977 Edward Heffernan * 1972 Stanley Hammond * 1964
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* 1962 Laurence Scott Pendlebury * 1959
Arnold Shore Arnold Joseph Victor Shore (5 May 1897, Windsor, – 22 May 1963, Melbourne) was an Australian painter, teacher and critic. Biography Shore was the youngest of seven children of John Shore, a coachsmith, and his wife Harriett Sarah, née Mc ...
* 1951 Malcolm Warner * 1948 James Quinn * 1946 Orlando Dutton * 1937 James Quinn * 1935 John Rowell * 1933 Louis McCubbin * 1931 Paul Montford * 1926 Charles Douglas Richardson * 1925
John Longstaff Sir John Campbell Longstaff (10 March 1861 – 1 October 1941) was an Australian painter, war artist and a five-time winner of the Archibald Prize for portraiture. Longstaff was one of the most prolific portraitists of the Edwardian period, pain ...
* 1918
Charles Douglas Richardson Charles Douglas Richardson (7 or 9 July 1853 – 15 October 1932), often referred to as C. Douglas Richardson, was an English-born Australian sculptor and painter. In the 1880s, he was an associate of the Heidelberg School of impressionists, a ...
* 1917
Max Meldrum Duncan Max Meldrum (3 December 1875 – 6 June 1955) was a Scottish-born Australian artist and art teacher, best known as the founder of Australian tonalism, a representational painting style that became popular in Melbourne during the interwa ...
* 1912 William Montgomery * 1911 John Mather * 1910 Frederick Horatio Bruford * 1909
Frederick McCubbin Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubb ...
* 1906 John Mather * 1905
Walter Withers Walter Herbert Withers (22 October 1854 – 13 October 1914) was an English-born Australian landscape artist and a member of the Heidelberg School of Australian impressionists. Biography Withers was born on 22 October 1854, at Handsworth ...
* 1903 Frederick McCubbin * 1902 John Ford Paterson * 1893 John Mather * 1888 Joseph Anderson Panton * 1875 Chester Earles * 1870 Oswald Rose Campbell


Current Directors

* Hylton Mackley * Meg Davoren Honey * Ron C Smith * Radmila Hardi * Bruce Baldey * Rosemary Noble * John Hurle * Maxine Waine * Fred Toumayen * Rachel Robertson * Sue Ireland * Jennifer Fyfe * Richard Impey


Distinguished Artists

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Karl Duldig Karl (Karol) Duldig (29 December 1902 – 11 August 1986) was a Jewish sculptor. Born in Poland, he and his family fled Vienna in 1938 following the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, eventually settling in Australia. As a sculptor, he was i ...
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Arthur Streeton Sir Arthur Ernest Streeton (8 April 1867 – 1 September 1943) was an Australian landscape painter and a leading member of the Heidelberg School, also known as Australian Impressionism. Early life Streeton was born in Mount Moriac, Victoria ...
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Tom Roberts Thomas William Roberts (8 March 185614 September 1931) was an English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. After studying in Melbourne, he travelled to Europe i ...
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Charles Conder Charles Edward Conder (24 October 1868 – 9 February 1909) was an English-born painter, lithographer and designer. He emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australi ...
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Esther Paterson Esther Paterson Gill (5 February 1892 8 August 1971) was an Australian artist, book-illustrator and cartoonist. Early years Paterson was born in Carlton, Victoria, the second child born to Scottish emigrants Hugh and Elizabeth Leslie (''née' ...
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Frederick McCubbin Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 – 20 December 1917) was an Australian artist, art teacher and prominent member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, McCubb ...
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Louis Buvelot Louis Buvelot (3 March 1814 – 30 May 1888), born Abram-Louis Buvelot, was a Swiss landscape painter who lived 17 years in Brazil, and following 5 years back in Switzerland, stayed 23 years in Australia, where he influenced the Heidelberg Sch ...


References

* Germaine Max – Artists and Galleries of Australia (1984) Boolarong Publications


External links


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