National Society of Painters, Sculptors & Printmakers

The Society was formed in 1930 and held its first exhibition at the Grafton Galleries in that year. Its aims were to meet a developing need for a central exhibition that would include all facets of art, without excluding any areas. The Society is a registered charity and its annual exhibitions, which were open to non-members, were held in February at the Mall Galleries. One of its founder members and later Chairman included Paul Drury, the renowned etcher. Other members who are now much acclaimed in the British art world include Mark Gertler, Jack B. Yeats, L. S. Lowry, David Bomberg, W. Russell Flint, Henry Moore, Bernard Meninsky, William Nicholson, Graham Sutherland, Christopher Nevinson and Frank Dobson. The Society was still functioning in 2018 with bi-annual exhibitions now held at The Gallery, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square, London and at the Menier Gallery, Southbank, London.