art union
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Noun
editart union (plural art unions)
- An organisation formed for the purpose of educating the general public about art and supporting artists.
- 1974, Thomas Osborne Davis, Essays of Thomas Davis[1], page 140:
- Art Unions are a substitute for State patronage.
- 1997, Robin Lenman, Artists and society in Germany, 1850-1914[2], page 151:
- 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.
- 2008, April F. Masten, Art Work: Women Artists and Democracy in Mid-Nineteenth-Century New York[3], page 26:
- 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.
- (Australia, New Zealand) A raffle run to raise money for a charity.
- 1923 April 5, Barrier Miner, Broken Hill, NSW:
- 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.
- 1932 March 19, The Brisbane Courier:
- The Attorney-General (Mr. N F Macgroarty) yesterday described as absolutely inaccurate a statement that the Art Union Regulations provided for the Justice Department collecting a fee of 21 per cent of the gross receipts of art unions in excess of £100, this amount being allowed is an exemption...
- 1956, New Zealand House of Representatives, Parliamentary Debates[4], page 278:
- The result was that the Government of the day had a spate of applications for permits to hold art unions.
- 1992, the ART UNIONS AND PUBLIC AMUSEMENTS REGULATION 1992, promulgated by the government of Queensland:
- A person who conducts a trade promotion art union must ensure that a prize in the art union is delivered to the winner of the prize within 1 month of the drawing of the art union.
- 2011, Mater Prize Homes Website:
- What exactly is an art union I hear you ask? Well it is simply an official term used by regulation boards such as the Queensland Office of Gaming Regulation that describes a lottery where the total value of the prizes exceeds $20,000 and the game is operated by a non profit organisation.
- 2011, Sporting Wheelies Organisation website:
- Annually the Association conducts 10 major art unions with prizes from $80,000 - $120,000 each art union. Tickets are only $2 (AUS) each and the winner can choose any combination of prizes.
Translations
editorganisation for promoting art and supporting artists
raffle run for charity
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