art union

Definitions

1. 1

   An organisation formed for the purpose of educating the general public about art and…

   An organisation formed for the purpose of educating the general public about art and supporting artists.

   • Art Unions are a substitute for State patronage.
   • Art unions often made lottery purchases at academy salons as well as at their own exhibitions; Friedrich's Evening on the Baltic, bought in Dresden by the Saxon Art Union in 1831, was an early example.
   • Art unions, on the other hand, bought paintings directly from the artists in their studios, exhibited and sold them at their galleries, and distributed them by lottery.
2. 2

   A raffle run to raise money for a charity.

   • New bookkeeping regulations have been framed by the New South Wales Auditor-General's Department, at the request of the Attorney-General, to control the present loose state of affairs in regard to art unions.
   • The result was that the Government of the day had a spate of applications for permits to hold art unions.

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