The Society of Eight

Foundation date: 1912

Function: Art society

Policy: A private art society composed of eight members; PW Adam RSA; David Alison; FCB Cadell; James Cadenhead ARSA; John Lavery RSA, RA; James Paterson RSA; and AG Sinclair. [Only seven names listed in The Year's Art.] Annual exhibitions held every autumn in the 'New Gallery', Edinburgh.

Activities: exhibitions (members only)

Publications: exhibition catalogues

Benefits: advice from fellow members, guaranteed inclusion in exhibitions

Composition: professional artists

Citing this record

'The Society of Eight', 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_1232970016, accessed 25 May 2022]