Royal Academy of Arts
The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London. It has a unique position as an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects; its purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions, education and debate.
Purpose
Identify members of the Royal Academy, who are known as Royal Academicians. Members are elected by ballot of the General Assembly. Membership was originally restricted to 40, though this constraint has been loosened progressively to 80.
This spreadsheet contains a listing of all Royal Acedemicians as listed on their website as per January 2016.
References
- Royal Academy of Arts
- List of Royal Academicians
- Wikipedia contributors. "Royal Academy of Arts." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
Founder Members
- John Baker
- George Barret
- Francesco Bartolozzi
- Agostino Carlini
- Charles Catton
- Mason Chamberlin
- Sir William Chambers
- Giovanni Battista Cipriani
- Francis Cotes
- George Dance
- Nathaniel Dance-Holland
- Thomas Gainsborough
- John Gwynn
- Francis Hayman
- Nathaniel Hone
- Angelica Kauffman
- Jeremiah Meyer
- George Michael Moser
- Mary Moser
- Francis Milner Newton
- Edward Penny
- Sir Joshua Reynolds
- John Inigo Richards
- Paul Sandby
- Thomas Sandby
- Dominic Serres
- Peter Toms
- William Tyler
- Samuel Wale
- Benjamin West
- Richard Wilson
- Joseph Wilton
- Richard Yeo
- Francesco Zuccarelli
- William Hoare (Nominated Member)
- Johann Zoffany (Nominated Member)
Presidents (PRA)
- Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Benjamin West
- James Wyatt
- Benjamin West
- Thomas Lawrence
- Sir Martin Archer Shee
- Charles Lock Eastlake
- Sir Francis Grant
- Lord Leighton
- John Everett Millais
- Sir Edward Poynter
- Sir Aston Webb
- Frank Dicksee
- William Llewellyn
- Sir Edwin Lutyens
- Alfred Munnings
- Sir Gerald Kelly
- Sir Albert Richardson
- Sir Charles Wheeler
- Thomas Monnington
- Hugh Casson
- Roger de Grey
- Philip Dowson
- Phillip King
- Nicholas Grimshaw
- Christopher Le Brun
SOURCE: Wikipedia contributors, 'List of officers of the Royal Academy of Arts', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 18 August 2015, 03:11 UTC, <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_officers_of_the_...> [accessed 8 January 2016]