The
New English Art Club (NEAC)
was founded in 1886 in reaction to the conservative attitudes of the
Royal Academy. Members of the club included George
Clausen, John Singer Sargent, Colin
Gill and Philip Wilson Steer. Around
50 members took part in the inaugural exhibition held at the Marlborough
Gallery in April, 1886.
By the beginning of the 20th century the dominant figures in the NEAC
were Henry Tonks and Frederick
Brown of the Slade Art School. At
that time it contained most of the best painters in Britain, however,
younger artists were beginning to criticise the NEAC as too conservative.
With the formation of the Allied Artists'
Association in 1908, its significance declined.
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