The Glasgow School of Art Club
Active: 1893 -
Function: Art club
Policy: A Club for past and present students of the Glasgow School of Art. Subjects were given out and the works criticised monthly during the session. There was also a Vacation Sketching Scheme. Works were judged and awards made by professional adjudicators, and a public exhibition of the sketches was held annually in October. Past students become honorary members and could send in works for exhibition.
Rules: Club subscription (c.1913) was 2/6 annually.
Criticisms given by Director and Professors during school session.
Activities: art classes, criticism of works, discussions, discussions on art, exhibitions (members only), lectures, lectures on art, meetings, musical evenings, sketching excursions, social events
Benefits: advice from fellow members, criticism of work by fellow members, eligible for awards, eligible for exhibition, free entry to exhibitions, grants and prizes, guaranteed inclusion in exhibitions, prizes
Composition: amateur artists, men and women members, professional artists, professional musicians, professional painters, professional portrait painters, professional sculptors, professional writers
Funding types: annual subscription
Institutional and Business Connections
Affiliated with The Glasgow School of Art
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Affiliated with The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
1893
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Students had work accepted and exhibited for the Annual Exhibitions
Affiliated with The Royal Scottish Academy
1893
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Students had work accepted and exhibited for the Annual Exhibitions
Associated People
Gave prize to William McIntosh
1893
Recieved a National Book Prize for Ornament modelled from a cast.
Gave prize to Marion H. Wilson
1893 - 1894
Recieved prize for Modelling
Members of committee included John Knox
1928
Citing this record
'The Glasgow School of Art 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_1221744568, accessed 27 Jan 2021]