art union
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.87 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An organisation formed for the purpose of educating the general public about art and supporting artists.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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 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..."
- "The result was that the Government of the day had a spate of applications for permits to hold art unions."