Scottish Society of Art Workers
Foundation date: 1898
Dissolution date: 1901
Function: Art society
Rules: To hold exhibitions.
Arrange the delivery of Lectures
Practical demonstrations illustrative of Art Work.
Affairs managed by a council composed of 5 office-bearers and 10 members.
Once elected, members must pay entry fee.
Subscription thereafter was 10/6 per annum.
Meeting schedule: annual
History or description: President, James A Morris
Membership comprised of 'workers in the Arts', its objectives were to hold exhibitions of art work and to arrange for lectures and practical demonstrations to be held. It was an exclusive society and was mostly comprised of artists from the West of Scotland.
The Society folded by the early 1900s, despite support from local architects. This was possibly due to a small and selective membership.
Activities: art classes, discussions, exhibitions (members only)
Locations
Meeting room at 140 Bath Street Glasgow | View on map
7 March 1898
Meeting room at Corporation Buildings 264 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow | View on map
1898 - 1901 (Circa)
Meeting room at 187 Pitt Street Glasgow | View on map
14 December 1898
Associated People
Members included Robert Burns
1898
Members included John James Burnet
1898
Members included William Kellock Brown
1898
Members included James Pittendrigh MacGillivray
1898
Members included William Birnie Rhind
1898
Professional members included Robert Burns
1900 (Circa)
Vice-presidents included Robert Stodart Lorimer
1898
Citing this record
'Scottish Society of Art Workers', 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_1223475496, accessed 09 Jun 2023]
