Society of Scottish Artists

Other names: SSA
Foundation date: 16 February 1891

Function: Art society

Policy: To foster a taste for Art by instituting an Annual Exhibition of different Schools and to facilitate the intercourse of those connected with, and interested in Art.

To exhibit the works of younger artists who seem worthy of encouragement.

Rules: To hold an annual exhibition in Edinburgh.
To Give inducement to the younger Artists to produce more important and origional works by providing hanging space foe such works.
The opportunity has also been taken to obtain for the Society's Exhibition examples of all Schools of Modern Art from distinguished living Artists, foreign as well as native, as well as some important examples of past Masters.

Meeting schedule: annual

Activities: conversazione, exhibitions (members only), meetings

Publications: annual reports, exhibition catalogues, illustrated exhibition catalogues

Benefits: advice from fellow members, criticism of work by fellow members, eligible for exhibition, professional status

Composition: amateur artists, men and women members, professional artists, professional painters, professional sculptors

Funding types: annual subscription, annual subscription professional artists, annual subscription amateurs, annual subscription corresponding members, entrance fees, exhibition entry fees, joining fee, lifetime membership, sales commission

Citing this record

'Society of Scottish Artists', 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_1209116237, accessed 22 Mar 2023]