June 1851: Art-Union of Glasgow – Premiums Offered to Artists – West of Scotland Academy Follows This Policy

A short notice on page three of The Advocate, OR IRISH INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL

(Advocate, in The British Newspaper Archive) on Wednesday the 25th of June, 1851, reads:

 

“ART-UNION OF GLASGOW.—In the report read at the recent distribution of prizes, it

was stated that there had been an increase of 1,224 subscribers over the year preceding.

The Committee recomended that for the next year the same course should be followed as

that preceding—namely, offering a premium of 50l. for the best painting, scriptural,

historical, or genre, from any British artist, and in addition a premium of 25l. for the best

landscape painting by a British artist. The report also stated that the West of Scotland

Academy, following the example of the Glasgow Art-Union, had agreed to give a premium

of 10l. and a gold medal for the best picture painted in Scotland; also a medal, value 5l., for

the best picture painted in the West of Scotland.”

 

 

 

The British Newspaper Archive.

 

 

 

George Fairfull-Smith, June 2025.