Formation | 1819 |
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Type | Arts, Literature & Science |
The Royal Institution for the Encouragement of the Fine Arts was an Edinburgh based organisation.[1] The object of this Association was to advance the cause of Art in Scotland, by affording additional encouragement to its artists.[2]
Proposal[3]
By April 1819 the Royal Institute was holding exhibitions of paintings in York Place, Edinburgh.[4][5]
1820 second exhibition.[6]
The Scotsman on the Institute.[7]
Review of 1821.[8]
1829[9]
1830[10]
1831 AGM[11]
1831 Ancient Pictures exhibition.[12]
1831 Review of the Royal Institution[13]
1832 AGM.[14]
1832 Encouragement of Useful Arts. Society of Arts for Scotland.[15]
1833 9th Jan 1833 AGM notice.[16]
1834 Encouragement of Useful Arts. Society of Arts for Scotland.[17]
This organisation folded shortly after the Royal Scottish Academy opened in 1826, around 1833.[18]
David Octavius Hill, once a disaffected member of the institute, left and helped found the RSA. Once the RSA ensured the Institute's death he then founded a newer association to help promote the Fine Arts in Scotland. This was called the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts.