Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists or No-Jury Society was a Chicago artists association known for sponsoring art exhibits where anyone could exhibit art
after paying a small fee per artwork. In 1922 the fee was $4.00.
The No-Jury Society was founded in 1922 by The founders were
Carl Hoeckner,
Raymond Jonson and
Rudolph Weisenborn.
The group was inspired by the 1913 Armory Show in Chicago (the traveling exhibition after
New York City exhibition) to bring modern art to exhibition space without the artists submitting to a selection process of the conservative artistic juries of Chicago.
The group held the first exhibition at the
Marshall Field & Co. department store in downtown Chicago.
The group continued to sponsor shows through the 1920s and into the 1930s and 1940s. Some years no show was mounted, and for a time the show was
biennale
In the art world, a biennale ( , ; ), is a large-scale international contemporary art exhibition. The term was popularised by the Venice Biennale, which was first held in 1895, but the concept of such a large scale, and intentionally internationa ...
. The Illinois Historical Art Project postulates that the 1958 exhibition was the last for the group, as that is the latest year for which there is catalogue.
References
External links
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The 1957 Chicago Artists No-Jury Exhibition catalogue
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Arts organizations based in Illinois
American artist groups and collectives
Non-profit organizations based in Chicago
Arts organizations established in 1922
1922 establishments in Illinois