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Sept
The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours is staging its first ever exhibition in the North in Harrogate’s Watermark Gallery later this month.
Founded in 1831, the Royal Institute is based at The Mall Galleries in London, near Buckingham Palace.
The Institute’s Patron is King Charles III who is himself an “enthusiastic watercolourist”.
Artist Chris Myers is the President of the RI.
Chris Myers, artist and President of the Royal Institute, said:
There may be a tendency for people to think that any organisation with ‘Royal’ in its name is London-centric but we are a truly national body with artists from across the country and around the world as members.
It may have taken an inordinate amount of time but we are delighted at last to be staging our first exhibition in the North and at in a location with so many royal connections.
We want the exhibition to showcase the talent and wide range of work of our artists and, hopefully, encourage new and younger members to join so that the RI has a long future as well as a long history.
The exhibition is set to showcase around 80 works from more than 25 artists including one of Chris Myers’ large paintings of classic cars racing at Le Mans.
Liz Hawkes, the owner of Watermark Gallery, said:
We are honoured that such a prestigious organization as the RI has chosen to stage its first exhibition in the North at our gallery. This will be our largest exhibition to date with RI members’ work taking over the whole gallery. The standard of work is extremely high and promises great variety in terms of subject matter and artistic style.
The exhibition will run from Friday 27th September to Saturday 12th October with the gallery open Wednesdays to Saturday from 10am to 5pm. A private view of the exhibition will take place between 6pm and 8:30pm on the 27th.
The exhibition will also be available online here.
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