The Arts Club: a Mayfair haven for the creative world since 1863

The Arts Club was founded in 1863 by figures including Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope and Lord Leighton as a meeting place for those in the creative arts. It has occupied 40 Dover Street in Mayfair since 1894. Nineteenth-century members and guests included Millais, Whistler, Kipling, Monet, Rodin and Degas.