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The Society's previous gallery was a building designed by John Nash in Suffolk Street. Queen Victoria granted the Society the Royal Charter in 1887. It is one of the nine member societies that form the Federation of British Artists which administers the Mall Galleries, next to Trafalgar Square.
The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) is a British art body established in 1823 as the Society of British Artists, as an alternative to the Royal Academy.
David Jones (1895–1974) – Welsh artist and British modernist poet; William Roberts (1895–1980) – English painter and war artist; Raymond Coxon (1896–1997) – British artist; Leila Faithfull (1896–1994) – British artist; Harry Barr (1896-1987) – English painter; John Buckland Wright (1897–1954) – New Zealand born illustrator
William Shipley, founder of the Society in 1754. Below is a partial list of fellows of the Royal Society of Arts (formally, the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce). [1] A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts is entitled to use the post-nominal letters FRSA after their name. [2]
He exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of British Artists, the Grosvenor Gallery, the New Gallery (London), and others. [1] He is notable for his realistic London and Venice scenes and his plein air style.
The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, [2] [4] commonly known as the Royal Society of Arts (RSA), is a London-based organisation. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 1 ] The RSA's mission expressed in the founding charter was to "embolden enterprise, enlarge science, refine art, improve our manufacturers and extend our commerce ...
Margaret Backhouse (née Holden) (1818–1896) was a successful British portrait and genre painter during the 19th century. Although she was born near Birmingham, Backhouse spent most of her life in London where she showed works on a regular basis at the Royal Academy, the Society of Women Artists and at the Royal Society of British Artists.
She exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1908 (The Awakening of Spring) and 1910 (Violet, daughter of Mrs Frederick Hudson).[10] [11] [12] She also exhibited 18 oil paintings and 20 watercolours at Walker's Gallery, London in 1910, as well as 12 paintings at the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) between 1910 and 1913.