The Art Union of the Cardiff Exhibition
Dissolution date: 1896 (Circa)
Function: Promotion of art, a lottery
Policy: Art Unions were lotteries that awarded art as prizes to their subscribers. An annual ballot was held when members tickets (usually one guinea each) were drawn from a drum and prizes were allotted accordingly. Generally prize winners were awarded a specific work or could select from a specified exhibition or a union might offer a mixture of both options. The unions often held an annual exhibition of prize winner's prizes which was open to subscribers and members of the public.
History or description: The Art Union organised the Fine Arts and Antiques exhibition at the Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial & Maritime Exhibition in 1896.
Activities: exhibitions (open to non-members)
Benefits: prizes
Locations
Office located at Bank Buildings St. Mary Street Cardiff | View on map
1895 - 1896
Walter Cook Sec.
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Cardiff Fine Art, Industrial and Maritime Exhibition, 1896
1896 (Circa)
The Art Union was involved in organising of just the Fine Art and Antiques section of the exhibition.
Citing this record
'The Art Union of the Cardiff Exhibition', 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/organization.php?id=msib1_1202903378, accessed 10 Jun 2023]
