Yorkshire Fine Art Society
Foundation date: 1880 (Presumed)
Active: 1880 -
Function: Art society
Policy: "This Society, of which the First Spring Exhibition is now opened, has been formed for the promotion of a taste for the Fine Arts among the inhabitants of this district, and as a means of giving encouragement to Artists by affording opportunities for the exhibition and sale of their works. By the rules of the Society, it is expressly provided that no profit or advantage shall accrue personally to any member thereof in connection with the undertaking...It is intended to have two Exhibitions annually, one in the Spring, which may vary in character from year to year; the other in the Autumn, which will consist entirely of the works of Living Artists, for the most part sent by them for sale".
Activities: exhibitions (open to non-members)
Publications: exhibition catalogues
Funding types: annual subscription
Locations
Address Athenaeum Buildings 9 and 11 Park Lane Leeds | View on map
Held an exhibition at Athenaeum Buildings 9 and 11 Park Lane Leeds | View on map
1 June 1880 - 1880
Held an exhibition at Athenaeum Buildings 9 and 11 Park Lane Leeds | View on map
15 September 1880 - 31 December 1880
Held an exhibition at Athenaeum Buildings 9 and 11 Park Lane Leeds | View on map
1 March 1881 - 30 April 1881
The Third Exhibition (Intermediate) 1881, but no sculpture was shown
Held an exhibition at Athenaeum Buildings 9 and 11 Park Lane Leeds | View on map
June 1881 - 18 September 1881
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Autumn Exhibition, 1880
15 September 1880 - 31 December 1880
Organized Yorkshire Fine Art Society, The First Spring Exhibition, 1880
1 June 1880
Organized Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Third Exhibition (Intermediate), 1881
Organized Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Fourth Exhibition, 1881
Sources
Catalogue of the Autumn Exhibition (Yorkshire Fine Art Society, Leeds) 1880
1880
Catalogue of the First Spring Exhibition 1880
1880
Kelly's Directory of Leeds and Neighbourhood, 1881
1881
p. 406
Citing this record
'Yorkshire Fine Art Society', 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=msib5_1204558946, accessed 01 Jun 2023]
