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The Washington Society of Landscape Painters, which maintains a tradition of paint-outs (plein air painting), can trace its beginnings to 1913 when two painters set up easels outdoors near each other on a Sunday afternoon to paint the landscape. As they began painting on a regular basis, other enthusiastic painters who enjoyed plein air painting joined them. The group, first known as the Ramblers, had grown to nine members by 1917.

The basic philosophy of the group, stated in the opening chapter of the logbook, was to paint on-site and enjoy the comradeship and aesthetic criticism of fellow artists. As the informal group grew in membership, they organized in 1919 into a more formal association

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