THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIEY OF SCULPTORS, PAINTERS AND GRAVERS.

THE ‘INTERNATIONAL SOCIEY OF SCULPTORS, PAINTERS AND GRAVERS’ was founded in 1898 by American-born James McNeil Whistler with himself as president and Irish artist John Lavery as vice president. On Whistler’s death in 1903 French sculptor Auguste Rodin took over presidency. The society closed in 1925.

Annie was one of the artists represented at the very first exhibition held in Knightsbridge, London, 1898. It is interesting to see how many famous names were represented, as well as the diversity of styles. These are some of the better known names and works at the exhibition. There were over seven-hundred exhibits in total, many of them illustrated in the catalogue …

Aubrey BEARDSLEY
- Volpone
Eugène CARRIÈRE
- Sleep
Paul CEZANNE
- The Bathers
Edgar DEGAS
- Café Chantant
- Dancers
Tolouse LAUTREC
- Jane Avril at the entrance of the Moulin Rouge
- Quadrille at the Moulin Rouge
Édouard MANET
- Execution of Maximilian
Claude MONET
- Le Bassin d’Argenteuil
Lucien PISSARO
- Washing
Odillon REDON
- Beatrice
Annie Louisa SWYNNERTON
- The Dreamer
Suzanne VALADON
- Nude studies
Édouard VUILLARD
- Children Playing
James McNeil WHISTLER
- Portrait of Miss Rosa Corda
- The Thames in Ice