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Royal Society of British Artists

{{Short description|British art body established in 1823}}

{{For|the earlier body|Society of Artists of Great Britain}}

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|leader_name = Michael Harrison PRBA Hon RBSA

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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.

History

The RBA commenced with twenty-seven members, and took until 1876 to reach fifty.{{citation |title=About the RBA |publisher=The Royal Society of British Artists |url=http://www.royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk/about-the-rba.asp |access-date=8 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008022514/http://www.royalsocietyofbritishartists.org.uk/about-the-rba.asp |archive-date=8 October 2011 }}{{citation |date=1984 |author=Johnson, Jane (compiler) |title=Works Exhibited at The Royal Society of British Artists 1824–1893; and the New English Art Club 1888–1917 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CYPrAAAAMAAJ&q=%221876+that+membership+reached+50%22 |access-date=8 July 2010 |publisher=Antique Collectors' Club |isbn=0-902028-35-9 }} Artists wishing to resign were required to give three months' notice and pay a fine of £100. The RBA's first two exhibitions were held in 1824, with one or two exhibitions held annually thereafter.{{citation |title=List of RBA exhibitions 1824–1840 |work=The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art Library: List of photocopies of catalogues and other material on exhibiting societies |publisher=Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art |page=8 |url=http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/library/photocopies-28Sep09.pdf |access-date=9 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716081731/http://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/fileadmin/documents/library/photocopies-28Sep09.pdf |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}

The RBA currently has 85 elected members who participate in an annual exhibition currently held at the Mall Galleries in London. 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.

Its records from 1823 to 1985 are in the Victoria and Albert Museum.[http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/paintings/prints_drawings_resources/archive/index.html "Painting and drawing in the archives"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090808160131/http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/paintings/prints_drawings_resources/archive/index.html |date=2009-08-08 }}, V&A. Retrieved 16 February 2007

Prominent members

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Presidents

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References

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External links

  • [http://www.therba.org Royal Society of British Artists]

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Category:Art schools in London

Category:British art

Category:1823 establishments in the United Kingdom

Category:Organisations based in London with royal patronage

Category:Arts organizations established in 1823

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