Society of Twenty-Five Painters

Founded in 1905, little is as yet known about this obscure Society. In 1907 the word 'English' was removed from the original title of the 'Society of Twenty-Five English Painters'. During this year the group exhibited in Barcelona to some critical acclaim. British exhibitions were held at the Goupil Gallery, Regent Street, London, early in its life and at the Leicester Galleries and in 1925 at the Fine Art Society. Terrick Williams, James Whitelaw Hamilton, Walter Montague Smyth, Gerald Moira, Robert Anning Bell, Sydney Lee and Horace Mann Livens were known to have been members. As The Studio Magazine said in November 1925, ''Though it cannot be said that the members collectively represent any particular phase or school of modern art, their work shows a certain community of feeling and displays many of the best qualities of English painting of today". The Society was still functioning in 1928.