New English Art Club
At the heart of the NEAC...
is the search for meaningful and resonant art and its propagation through exhibitions and education.
We are committed to artistic authenticity grounded in the observation of life and articulated with the beauty of skilful language and craftsmanship. We were founded in 1886 inspired by the fresh vision offered by French Impressionism. We continue to represent art that is about visual inquisitiveness and looking anew.
Historically, the New English Art Club was founded by a group of artists dissatisfied with the entrenched attitudes of the Royal Academy. They mounted their first show in 1886 including paintings by Clausen, Sickert and Stanhope Forbes. The club increasingly attracted younger artists, bringing with them the influence of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism. Many diverse styles of art have developed since its founding, adding richness and variety.
Today, the NEAC engages public interest on different levels: a nationwide programme of exhibitions, an acclaimed School of Drawing, a website and an active Friends scheme.
Video: NEAC Annual Exhibition 2022
Call for Entries
Artists are invited to submit work for exhibition alongside members of the New English Art Club at the NEAC Annual Exhibition.
Several prizes and awards are available to win.
Prizes & Awards
The Ken and Dora Howard Prize
New for 2024
2024: Mary Jackson NEAC, Tom's Chinese Vase
The Doreen McIntosh Prize
Winners
2024: T.F. Ashley, The Natural History Museum, Oxford
2023: Grant Watson, No End
2022: Kenneth Le Riche, House, Giant Figures and Pespectival Inconsistencies
2021: Paul Newland NEAC, The Deanery by the River
2020: N/A
2019: Joseph Ryan, Castle
2018: Tim Benson PROI, Selfie by Lamplight; Toby Ward NEAC, Breakfast Table
2017: Paul Gildea NEAC, Night Watch
2016: Martin Yeoman NEAC, Taj Mahal Winter
2015: James Bland NEAC, Woman at a Table
2014: Michael Cooper NEAC, Downland Fields
2013: Jane Corsellis NEAC, Clam Diggers near Kenmare, Co Kerry, Ireland; Mick Kirkbride NEAC, Drawing Class
The Hermione Hammond Drawing Award
Winners
2024: Rizza Zahid, B66
2023: Habib Hajallie RBA, Sir Frank Bowling
2022: Dylan Leddington, Kenospia No. 4
2021: Zuzanna Salamon, I've Been Looking for Someone to Share my Light
2020: Merlin Bateman-Paris, Jen Looking Up
The Val Harris Prize
Winners
2024: Charlotte Houlihan, The Gentleman's Art Club
2023: James Bland NEAC, Child II
The Table Residency Award
Winners
2023: John Dobbs NEAC SWLA, Daffodils
The Bowyer Drawing Prize
Winners
2024: Manny Woodard, My Son
2023: Mark Chen, Portrait of Patrick
2022: Shanti Panchal Hon RBA, The Terrace
2021: Andrew Barrowman, Tree Study
2020: Jason Line, Study for Bottles and Buildings
2019: Julie Jackson NEAC, Hackney 2019
2018: Dominic Keshavarz, Rostrenen
The Michael Harding Award
Winners
2024: Neale Worley NEAC RP, Grey Venice
2023: Peter Brown PNEAC PS RBA ROI RP, The Queen's Funeral, The Screens, Hyde Park
2022: Katherine Jackson, Self Portrait
2021: Sarah Spencer VPNEAC, Whitstable Wide Seascape
The Milner Prize for an Emerging Artist
Winners
2024: Jonathan Hooper, Granby Terrace, Headingley, Leeds
2023: Flora Temnouche, Reading, Collecting
2022: Sean Cunningham
The Winsor & Newton Award
Winners
2024: Andrew Torr, Small Estate
2023: Patricia Paolozzi Cain NEAC, Nullabor Landscape II
2022: Dylan Leddington, Kenospia No. 4
2021: Chris Polunin, Space
2020: Ruth Stage NEAC, Cardoons in a Kentish Garden
2019: Sarah Spencer VPNEAC, Whitstable Sky and Seascape
2018: Andrew Roberts, Road to Benahavis I
2017: Peter Brown NEAC PS Hon RBA ROI RP, Absolutely Chucking It Down George Street, Bath
2016: Mark Finch, Circean Poisons
2015: Michael Weller, Late January Pears
The NEAC Critics' Prize
Winners
2024: Zahra Akbari Baseri, Furrow
2023: James Bland NEAC, Child II; Felicity House PS, At the Printmakers
2022: Katherine Jackson, Self Portrait
2021: Richard Pikesley PPNEAC RWS, Eggardon, Cattle and Western Sky
2020: N/A
2019: Joseph Ryan, Castle
2018: Peter Brown NEAC PS Hon RBA ROI RP, Ned Drawing on the Studio Floor
2017: Peter Brown NEAC PS Hon RBA ROI RP, Absolutely Chucking It Down George Street, Bath
2016: Patrick Cullen NEAC, The Burning Ghat, Dusk, Varanasi
2015: Tom Hughes, Clifton Suspension Bridge, Contre Jour, January
2014: Salliann Putman NEAC, Landscape Layers 5
2013: Peter Brown NEAC PS Hon RBA ROI RP; David Parfitt NEAC
The Anthony J. Lester Art Critic Award
Winners
2024: Zahra Akbari Baseri, Furrow
2023: Rosie Good, Wooden Groynes at Cuckmere
2022: Katherine Jackson, Self Portrait
The Dry Red Press Award
Winners
2024: Ronald Hellen, Still Life and Prospect Cottage, Dungeness
2023: Salliann Putman NEAC RWS, First Light
2022: Howard Milton, Caught Red Handed
2021: Cherryl Fountain, At Home with Waggis
2020: Caroline Frood NEAC, Heleniums
2019: Robert E Wells NEAC RBA, Mother & Child - South Downs
2018: Melissa Scott-Miller NEAC RBA RP, Winter Backgardens, Islington
2017: Ann Shrager NEAC, Diwali Elephant
2016: Diana Calvert NEAC, Summer Flowers
2015: June Berry NEAC, A Walk Across the Fields
Mall Galleries / FBA Award
Winners
2024: Lauren Prosser, Curzon Street
2023: Hannah Alice Jackson, Blush
