Welcome to the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Website

The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours is one of the oldest societies of professional watercolour painters. The aims of the society are: to promote painting in watercolours; to encourage the use and development of water based mediums and to present the work of its best exponents in its annual exhibitions. The RI is based in London but its members come from all over the UK and beyond.

The RI's 200th London Exhibition

Submission for this years exhibition at the Mall Galleries is now closed, and the selectors have made their choices. Judging by the comments of the selection panel the standard of work sent in this year was exceptional, and it is going to be an excellent show.

Buy a Print in Aid of the AGBI

There are still a few limited edition prints by Rosa Sepple RI SWA available, all proceeds from the sale of which will go to the Artists General Benevolent Institution

Visit www.rosasepple.com for more details.

Next Exhibition

RI 200th London Exhibition

Mall Galleries, London

14 to 25 March 2012
Private View 13 March 2012

This is not our bicentennial year but the 200th exhibition held in London by the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours since the society's founding in 1831.