approval was required to admit a new member to the society. It was also decided that there would never be less than ten members active for the group to remain as one. For twenty years The Ten exhibited in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other American cities. After this it dissolved due to death in its ranks and lack of public interest. References American artist groups and collectives American Impressionism 19th-century American painters 20th-century American painters Cultural history of the United States Arts organizations established in 1898 1898 establishments in the United States