The Art Union of the Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow
Foundation date: 1884 (Circa)
Function: Promotion of art, a lottery
Policy: Started under the sanction of the Board of Trade, with a view to 'promoting an interest in Art throughout all sections of the community'.
Rules: Annual membership was 5s. This permitted one chance in the drawing of prizes. Members to whom the prizes were allotted at the Annual Meeting had the right to select their own Prizes. Prizes were selected from the Exhibitions of the Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts.
Benefits: prizes
Institutional and Business Connections
Allied with The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
1884 (Circa)
Publications
Advertised in Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1887
p. 20
Advertised in Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1890-1891
p. 21
Advertised in Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1895
Advertised regularly in Annual Exhibition Catalogue for The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1907
Citing this record
'The Art Union of the Institute of the Fine Arts, Glasgow', 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_1220957231, accessed 02 Jun 2023]
