The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Works in Watercolour & Sculptures by Living Artists, 1887

End Date: 1887

Type: Exhibition

Description: Special exhibition.

Policy: To encourage the practice of the Fine Arts in Scotland by showing to the public representative collections of works mainly from Scottish artists of the time.

In addition to the Annual Exhibitions the Academy occasionally placed on view, at another season of the year, memorial collections of the works of eminent artists recently deceased or special exhibitions, such as this one, of the works of living artists.

For further information on the history of the RSA see Frank Rinder & W. D. McKay, The Royal Scottish Academy, 1826-1916 (Glasgow: University Press, 1917).

See also http://www.royalscottishacademy.org/pages/menu_page.asp/

Display Arrangement: Sculpture exhibited in South Room.

Citing this record

'The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, Works in Watercolour & Sculptures by Living Artists, 1887', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib6_1212406348, accessed 24 May 2022]