Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts
The Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts was founded in 1861 with the objective of aiding, by teaching and study, the promotion of art in general – and contemporary art in particular. The original premises were the hired Glasgow Corporation Galleries (now the McLellan Galleries) in Sauchiehall Street. Queen Victoria conferred its Royal status in 1896. Over the years such artistic luminaries as Lavery, Guthrie, Millais, Holman Hunt, Poynter, Leighton, Watts, Burne Jones and McTaggart have all exhibited there. The RGI displays something in the region of 400 works at its annual open exhibitions which usually take place in October.
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Number of Artists referenced:
2,535