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Life at the Royal Academy of Arts, from Microcosm of London, c. 1808. Membership of the Royal Academy is composed of up to 80 practising artists, each elected by ballot of the General Assembly of the Royal Academy, and known individually as Royal Academicians (RA). The Royal Academy is governed by these Royal Academicians.
Honorary Member ex officio Elected Preferred media Notes Ref. Dermod O'Brien: President of the Royal Hibernian Academy: 1911 – 1945 Painting [35] Joyce W. Cairns: President of the Royal Scottish Academy: 2018 – present [36] Derek Balmer: President of the Royal West of England Academy: 2003 – 2010 [37]
Johan Zoffany, The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771–72, Royal Collection. The Royal Academicians in General Assembly by Henry Singleton, 1795. This is a partial list of Royal Academicians (post-nominal: RA), academicians of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. A full list is available on the web pages of the Royal Academy Collections. [1]
Fellowship is granted to applicants "who are aligned with the RSA's vision and share in our values." [3] Some prospective fellows are approached by the RSA and invited to join in recognition of their work; some are nominated or "fast-tracked" by existing fellows and RSA staff, [4] [5] [6] or by partner organisations such as the Churchill Fellowship; [7] [8] others make their own applications ...
Members of the Royal Academy of Arts of London, England are known as Royal Academicians.The post-nominal letters RA are used after the Academician's name.. Founded in 1768, membership is limited to eighty full members, who may be painters, printmakers, sculptors, or architects, who are professionally active in Britain.
The academicians of the Royal West of England Academy (RWA), the oldest public art gallery in Bristol [1] and the UK’s only regional Royal Academy of Art. [2] Academicians have post-nominals: RWA, PRWA, PPRWA, VPRWA or HonRWA (depending on their membership type). A full list is available on the web pages of the RWA's website.
The oil on canvas painting measures 101.1 cm × 147.5 cm (39.8 in × 58.1 in). It may have been commissioned by George III and it is held in the Royal Collection.It draws inspiration from Raphael's School of Athens, with the artist Joshua Reynolds and the anatomist William Hunter taking the roles of Plato and Aristotle in a new "School of London".
The origin of London's Royal Academy of Arts lies in an attempt in 1755 by members of the RSA (then simply known as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce), principally the sculptor Henry Cheere, to found an autonomous academy of arts to teach painting and sculpture.