The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists Club
Other names: Lady Artists Club, The Glasgow Society of Women Artists
Foundation date: 1882
Dissolution date: 1971
Function: Art society
Rules: 1. A council, consisting of a President who must be alternately Artist and Lay, holding office for three years. Same applies to Vice-Presidents, Honorary Secretaries, and Honorary Treasurers. Commitee alos comprised of six Artist members and six Lay. The president and Office-bearers were elected by the council.
2. A Balloting Commitee
3. A House Committee
4. An Artists' meeting (arranges exhibitions) muct be presided over by an Artist - not Lay member.
5. The Lauder Bequest. Artist member who bequethed £250, and her husband who also left a bequest of £1,062 os. 4d. this sum being paid to the club in 1922.
History or description: Started by eight women students of the Glasgow School of Art in order to start a society for the furtherance of Art.
Encouraged by Mr Robert Greenless, Head of The Glasgow School of Art who provided studio space for their first exhibition and meetings.
It is oldest residential club for women in Scotland and Great Britain, the nearest to it in date being the 'Ladies' club in Manchester (1883) and the first women's club in London 'University Women's Club' (1887)
Lay members admitted in 1893.
Activities: art classes, circulating portfolio, classes in life drawing , discussions on art, exhibitions (members only), lectures, lectures on art, meetings, musical entertainments, musical evenings, social events
Publications: annual reports
Benefits: advice from fellow members, eligible for awards, eligible for exhibition, grants and prizes, guaranteed inclusion in exhibitions, participation in all events, prizes, use of studio, use of society's premises, use of club premises
Composition: amateur artists, amateur painters, artisans, professional artists, professional painters, professional portrait painters, professional sculptors, women only, lay members
Funding types: annual subscription, donations, sales commission
Employees, Students & Members
Locations
Club located at 5 Blythswood Square Glasgow | View on map
October 1893 - 1963 (Circa)
Initially tenants, then following the success of a 'Fancy Fair' owned this venue.
Studio located at 136 Wellington Street Glasgow | View on map
1883 (Circa) - 1895 (Circa)
Studio located in Charing Cross Mansions Glasgow | View on map
1892
Two exhibitions held at this location
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Memorial Exhibition of Sculpture and Pottery Statuettes by Miss Evelyn Beale (The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists Club), 1944
1944
Organized That Sculpture is of no interest to the public and is therefore negligible (Glasgow Society of Lady Artists Club), 1931-1934
1931 - 1934
Organized That good craftsmanship is more important than originality of design (Glasgow Society of Lady Artists Club), 1931-1934
1931 - 1934
Organized Should Scots Artists train in Paris or London? (The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists Club), 1931-1934
1931 - 1934
Associated People
Care of location for Dorothea M Kirkwood
1923
Gave prize to Evelyn Beale
1927
The Lauder Prize
Gave prize to Ivy H. Gardner
1934
The Lauder Prize
Gave prize to Ivy H. Gardner
1946
The Lauder Prize
Members included Marion H. Wilson
1894 - 1956
Members included Dorothea M Kirkwood
1923 (Circa)
Professional members included Evelyn Beale
1927 (Circa)
p. 19
Professional members included Ivy H. Gardner
1934 (Circa)
p. 19
Citing this record
'The Glasgow Society of Lady Artists Club', 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_1209050546, accessed 26 Mar 2023]
