The Fylingdales Group of Artists
2024
92nd Annual Exhibition
of
Paintings,
Drawings and
Original Prints
Closing this Sunday
Preview Friday 30th August
6.00 - 8.00 p.m. .
Membership is by invitation only.
All images shown on this website are protected by international copyright laws, no image / text or any material found within this website can be used, copied without the written permission of the artists concerned.
'Whitby in Paint
For the very first time a theme of Whitby
was set for the Annual Exhibition in 2018,
Members of the Group have painted,
drawn, etched and printed images of Whitby.
A 100 page full colour booklet A5
depicting the complete exhibition
Available from:-
Pannett Art Gallery
and via this website.
Includes all the pictures from the 86th Annual Exhibition
Available to purchase via PayPal secure site
(PayPal account not required)
£7.50 per copy + £1.75 (2nd class postage)
WANTED
As The Fyklingdales Group of Artists approaches their 100th Anniversary of their founding in 2025.
Two possible exhibitions are planned.
As a Group we would like to include one picture from each of the founding Members. the eight founders are listed below:-
Do you own a picture by one of these artists?
Would you be willing to loan such a picture to the Group during 2025?
Miss Ethel Walker
Denton Hawley.,
Miss Louise Pickar
George T. Lowe
J. Ulric Walmsley
Mrs Edith F. Grey
Winifred Hardy
Miss J. Waites
Owen Bowen
Miss Kats Cooper
Miss E. Honora Bateson.
Barbara Hepworth.
If you are willing to loan your treasured picture, if so, please do contact the Secretary below:
2025
Our 100th Anniversary of the formation of
The Fylingdales Group of Artists
Two Exhibitions are planned, our
Annual at Pannett Art Gallery
Celebrating the Yorkshire and Cleveland Coast
The Fylingdales Group of Artists, Centenary Exhibition 1925 – 2025.
May 20th - 29th June
and at the
Danby Lodge National Park Centre
Celebrating the North York Moors
The Fylingdales Group of Artists, Centenary Exhibition 1925 – 2025.
Saturday 17th May - 29th June
The First Catalogue issued for
The Fylingdales Group in 1925
By kind permission from a private collection.
The Fylingdales Group of Artists have been in existence since 1925, initially formed in Denton Hawley's studio in Robin Hood's Bay with just eight artists at the first meeting, their aim being to exhibit Yorkshire pictures. Some confusion was caused with the opening of the early warning radar station later on, but there is no connection. Twelve members created the first exhibition of which was held at The Church Rooms Robin Hood's Bay between the third of August to 15th August 1925.
The first meeting of the Group was held on 25th June, 1925 followed shortly by the inaugural exhibition which was held in the Church Rooms, Robin Hood's Bay. Dame Ethel Walker, A.R.A., Owen Bowen and Ulric Walmsley were among the founder members of the Group. In 1929 the membership was increased again to 16 artists, then to 20 in 1938. With the second world war looming the group disbanded holding its last exhibition in 1939. Due to the tireless efforts of Mr. Harold Todd the group was brought back together with an Exhibition in 1948, Mr Todd served as Secretary for many years. Membership was again increased to its present number of just 22.
The Group usually hold one Exhibition per year at Pannett Art Gallery, Pannett Park, Whitby, the venue being first mentioned in the Group minutes in 1952. We meet formally once a year after our Annual Exhibition. A glance at our list of members will show that we are scattered over a large area, it is quite a measure of strength of the group that Members are prepared to travel quite long distances to attend our Annual General Meeting. The main bond between us is a love of Yorkshire, its coastline and of painting.
In recent years we have held other Exhibitions at different venues, including Hartlepool Art Gallery, Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead and Beverley Art Gallery. During the years, many well know Artists have been members including Algernon Newton, Barbara Hepworth, R.A.Roland Hill, Florence Hess, Albert Pile, Fred Williams, Will Taylor, William Dealtry and many others.
