Glasgow Society of Painters and Sculptors

Foundation date: 1919 (Circa)
Dissolution date: 1921 (Circa)

Function: Art society

Policy: Formed by artists in opposition to the perceived conservativism of The Art Union of The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts at that time.

Rules: Members work had to pass a jury.
No member had a guarantee that his or her work would be hung (although subscribtion fees were still expected).

History or description: Society only mounted two exhibitions before internal discord reduced the membership (see rules).The society could not continue due to a lack of funds.

Benefits: criticism of work by fellow members

Composition: professional painters, professional sculptors

Funding types: annual subscription professional artists

Citing this record

'Glasgow Society of Painters and Sculptors', 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_1220371013, accessed 12 Dec 2019]