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[2] [3] Artists wishing to resign were required to give three months' notice and pay a fine of £100. [3] The RBA's first two exhibitions were held in 1824, with one or two exhibitions held annually thereafter. [4] The RBA currently has 85 elected members who participate in an annual exhibition currently held at the Mall Galleries in London.
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.
Norman Toynton (born 25 January 1939 in London) is a British abstract painter who lived for many years in America, where his work was acclaimed for its 'grand visual and tactile splendour' [1] and for 'marshal(ling) all the sensuous force of color and oil paint to induce us to look with truly questioning attention'. [2]
Stannard and his father descended from a family of well known Bedfordshire artists that included his sisters Lilian Stannard and Emily Stannard. [4] He was educated at Bedford Modern School, [5] and the National Art Training School in South Kensington. [6] He was elected to the RBA in 1896 remaining a member until 1909. [3]
He was a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), Royal West of England Academy (RWA) and Royal British Colonial Society of Artists (RBC), and exhibited regularly at many venues including the Royal Academy in London.
The precursor was the University Gallery of Fine Art which was curated by the university's fine art director. [2] In 1970, under Director Betty Collings' leadership, the gallery began hosting major contemporary artists and acquiring the collection that would become the Wexner Center as a response to student grievances about the Kent State shootings. [3]
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In 1859, Hemsley was elected to the Society of British Artists, and served as the vice president of the organisation, which later became the Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), for many years. He was also a steward of the Artists' General Benevolent Institution. [7]