Providence Art Club
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The Providence Art Club, Thomas Street, Providence, Rhode Island, was founded in 1880. An art club is an organization for artists and the community to engage and collaborate with each other in a share
Fleur-de-Lys Studios
Early Providence Art Club members, circa 1890. Sydney Burleigh sits at right.
The former Seril Dodge House at 11 Thomas Street has been the club's headquarters since 1887
George William Whitaker
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George William Whitaker was a prominent Rhode Island landscape painter during the late 19th and early 20th century, known as the "Dean of Providence painters" or the "Dean of Rhode Island Artists."
Providence Art Club
…the difficulty of displaying their works, a small group of artists including Edward Mitchell Bannister, Charles Walter Stetson, Sydney Burleigh, George William Whitaker, and Rosa Peckham came together to form the Club. At their first meeting, they created a committee to draft the first constitution, chose temporary…
George William Whitaker RI Painter
Fleur-de-Lys Studios, where Whitaker shared a studio with Burleigh
Portrait of the artist in later life