Scottish Artists Benevolent Association
Foundation date: 1889
Function: Art charity
Policy: To afford relief to distressed deserving artists - whether subscribers to the Fund of the Association or not - their Widows, Orphans, or Dependents.
Founded on the lines of the London Society to provide relief for artists living in Scotland (the Artists' General Benevolent Institution does not support Scottish artists)
Rules: Annual payment of Half-a-Guinea constitutes membership, and a donation of Five Guineas Life Membership.
The President and Council appeal to Artists and those interested in Art to become members
Benefits: advice from fellow members, grants and prizes
Composition: amateur painters, professional artists
Funding types: annual subscription
Locations
Conducted business at 49 West George Street Glasgow Scotland | View on map
Office located at 128 Wellington Street Glasgow Scotland | View on map
1943 (Circa)
Associated People
Founder members included Alexander Kellock Brown
Brown was one of the co-founders of the association and was its president until 1922
Publications
Advertised in Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1895
p. 21
Advertised in Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1903
Advertised in Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1951
Advertised in Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fifteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1912
Advertised regularly in The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Catalogue, 1943
Advertised regularly in Annual Exhibition (Jubilee) Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1911
Sources
Aberdeen Artists' Society. Fifteenth Exhibition of Works of Modern Masters, 1912
November 1912
Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1895
1895
p. 21
Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1951
1951
The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, MCMXX, The Ninty-Fourth
1920
Advertisement for membership appears towards to back of the RSA Catalogue (no Pg. no)
The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, Catalogue, 1943
1943
Citing this record
'Scottish Artists Benevolent Association', 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=msib6_1208776369, accessed 24 Sep 2023]
