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The Guild of Boston Artists

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There are currently three forms of membership: Associate, Student and Patron memberships. Members are provided the opportunity to receive a discount for Guild classes workshops, and critiques and invitations to private events and special previews. Associate and student members are also able to submit
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temporarily put paintings from two of their galleries into storage to make room for a one-month exhibition of works of "some of the best work being done in Boston" by Guild members. Previously unsuccessful in garnering enough work of Boston artists for an exhibition, the museum was pleased both with
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The Guild of Boston Artists, a non-profit art organization, was founded in 1914 to "promote, nurture and encourage traditional art while adhering to the highest standards of quality and presentation." Founding members included Edmund C. Tarbell, William McGregor Paxton, Lilla Cabot Perry, Frank
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Each year The Guild hosts painting exhibitions of its members. Ongoing displays of varying genres and media are displayed in the upper gallery. The President's Gallery is used for one-person shows and themed exhibits. The Guild offers educational programs for its artists, including classes,
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Boston artists found it difficult to have their work exhibited outside of the local area. In response, seven area artists formed The Guild of Boston Artists. Modeled after the historic guilds of Europe, the organization held high professional standards in a supportive environment. In their
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Newberry Gallery, annual shows of works of all members were interspersed with two-week one-man shows that highlighted the work of individual artists.
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workshops, lectures and critiques. Juried competitions for Guild members are held in April and non-members in October each year.
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the quality of works made available for the exhibition and the inclusiveness of Guild membership.
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The Guild's building is located at 162 Newberry Street in the gallery district of Boston.
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artists working in the academic and realist traditions. Among the founding members were
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work for juried exhibitions and are exempt from fees for selected juried exhibitions.
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are currently represented by the gallery, covering a wide range of media and genres.
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The Guild of Boston Artists Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, 1916 Catalog
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Edmund C. Tarbell, first president of The Guild of Boston Artists, c. 1919
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The gallery contains works of some of the guild's members.
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Works of early women members of the guild, including
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Boston
Frank Weston Benson
William McGregor Paxton
Edmund C. Tarbell
one-person shows
Bela Pratt
Charles Herbert Woodbury
Ignaz Gaugengigl
Gertrude Fiske
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Laura Coombs Hills
Lilian Westcott Hale
Alice Ruggles Sohier
Lucy May Stanton
Mary Foote Hawley
Elizabeth Okie Paxton
Agnes Abbott
Edmund C. Tarbell
Frank Weston Benson
R. H. Ives Gammell
Aldro Hibbard
Dwight Shepler
New England
Edmund C. Tarbell, Arrangement in Pink and Gray (Afternoon Tea), c. 1894, Worcester Art Museum
William McGregor Paxton, Leaving the Studio, 1921
Frank Weston Benson, Old Squaws, drypoint, 1915, Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire
Bela Pratt, Figure from Fountain of Youth
Ignaz Gaugengigl, Self-portrait
The Boston School of painting

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