It is a private institution which supports artists, maintains social networks and offers a pension fund.

In 1794 the last Dutch city painter's guild was dissolved during the French occupation by Napoleonic rule.

A year later the building "Grand Salon Dupond", located in the center of Amsterdam at the Rokin 3, was acquired at an auction.

Initially it was called Arti et Amicitiae – Sociëtait – Société des Beux on Rokin 3.

In 1841 the new exhibition Salon was created according to plans by the architect Marinus van Elven Geradur Tetar on the first floor.

He was professor and director of the architecture department at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam.

To enhance this cooperative society of Fine Arts, in 1841 the King William II was given honorary membership.

[1][2] The declared objective was to stimulate interest in the art, and then finally to improve the economic situation of the artist.

To increase the popularity of an advertising campaign for a statue of a very important son of the city – Rembrandt van Rijn – has been initiated.

One of the main concerns was the creation of a historical gallery with 103 works from scenes of national history.

The latter include, inter alia, Marc Chagall, Vincent van Gogh and Max Liebermann.

[clarification needed] The very valuable and extensive historical library that was built up over the history of this association, has been delivered to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The neo-classical facade has been accentuated by the four allegory building, sculpture, engraving and painting – they are standing for the four in the house united art forms.

The architects Berlage and Beys, both members of the Artists' Association, distinguished themselves responsible for this construction project.

These are such names as Lizzy Ansingh, George Hendrik Breitner, Marius Bauer, Bernd Blommers, the brothers Jacob Maris, Willem Maris and Matthijs Maris, Isaac Israëls, Jozef Israëls, Lourens Alma Tadema, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Jan Sluijters, Jan Toorop, Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch, Willem Witsen, Coba Ritsema and Kees Marks.

In the Netherlands there was the art exhibition of living artists, which took place in the two- to three-year intervals.