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art union |
| 释义 |
art unionnoun1Australian / NZ A large-scale lottery organized to raise funds for a charity or public cause, originally with a work of art as the prize: the party’s executive president has defended the decision to run an art union...- A new exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ballarat will explore the mysterious past of art union lotteries.
- He rejected claims the art union fundraiser was improper.
- They hope to raise $500,000 though their own registered Art Union lottery, with a BMW as first prize.
2 historical A group established for the purpose of promoting art by purchasing the works of artists and distributing them among members, usually by lottery: his work was acquired by art unions in Glasgow and Edinburgh...- Local artists were encouraged by the American Art Union, founded in 1839 to buy paintings for distribution by lottery.
- In the 1840s, artists and metropolitan businessmen joined together to form art-buying clubs known as art unions.
- Private galleries and art unions stayed active in the 1950s but were gradually closed.
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