Chelsea Art Society

Founded in 1910, The Chelsea Art Society is the oldest and sole survivor of the many art groups that blossomed in the artistic area of London around the beginning of the 20th century. Rossetti and Turner began the trend of settling in Chelsea in the mid-19th Century, followed by Whistler, Sickert, Augustus John and John Singer Sargent. Amongst the group was Sir James Dromgole Linton, a frequent exhibitor at the Royal Academy and an Honorary member of the RSW. He chose Chelsea as the place to found an art group with the aim of exhibiting annually. The Society flourished and even survived the disruption of two World Wars, revived in 1946 by Alfred Egerton Cooper.

Currently its members include Julian Barrow who has held the post of President, Trevor Chamberlain, Ken Howard, Austin Moseley, Richard Foster, Dennis Gilbert and Bert Wright. The Society has about 100 members who are not restricted to living and or working in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, although the majority do.