West of Scotland Academy of the Fine Arts
Foundation date: 1841
Dissolution date: 1853
Active: 1841 - 1853
Function: Art society and art school
History or description: The first exhibition was held in 1841 and the thirteenth and last in 1853. This society failed due to financial problems.
Activities: exhibitions (members only)
Composition: professional artists, lay members
Funding types: annual subscription
Citing this record
'West of Scotland Academy of the Fine Arts', 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_1232379181, accessed 17 May 2022]