Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Art. Henry Graves and George Bell.
Royal Academy
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Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Rigby | Charles Eastlake was an established painter and extremely active in England's artistic circles. In 1842 he became the Royal Academy
's librarian. He also served as the secretary of the Fine Arts Commission
and sat... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Robinson | MR
's affairs with the prince and with Fox overlapped with the beginning of what turned out to be her most enduring relationship: with Banastre Tarleton
, an army colonel and a pitiless hero in... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Caroline Leakey | Caroline's father, James Leakey
, was the son of John Leakey
who was involved in wool trading. James was an artist who painted portraits, landscapes, and small interiors, but was best known for his oil... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Christina Rossetti | He had been a member of the Christ Church
congregation to which she belonged, as well as a fellow student of Gabriel
at the Royal Academy
, but had converted to Catholicism. She was not... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Jane Loudon | He was a member of the |
Family and Intimate relationships | Laurence Alma-Tadema | He had already, the previous year, exhibited at the Royal Academy
for the first time. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Mary Cowden Clarke | MCC
's brother Joseph Alfred
(known as Alfred) set up the famous family music firm, which gave a continuing framework to the publishing projects of his father. He managed the firm until 1856. Edward Petre |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Strutt | The paintings he exhibited at the Royal Academy
were mostly landscapes; it may not be fanciful to see the influence of his marriage in the two titles he showed (for the first time) in 1819:... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Laurence Alma-Tadema | In London he became a highly successful painter and a member of the Royal Academy
, known particularly for classical subjects handled with richly-coloured sensuous detail that suggested the seventeenth-century Dutch painters. After his death... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Frances Power Cobbe | Lloyd was the daughter of the squire of Rhagatt in Merionethshire, Wales; a maiden aunt in the family had been a friend of the Ladies of Llangollen (Eleanor Butler
and Sarah Ponsonby
)... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Alice Meynell | AM
's sister Elizabeth
, later Lady Butler, became a well-known painter. She earned high praise for her depiction of a battle scene in The Roll Call, exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1874... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Laurence Alma-Tadema | LAT
's sister, Anna
, also became a painter. She first exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1885 and continued to do so at the rate of a painting about every two years. She had... |
Family and Intimate relationships | Elizabeth Strutt | Her husband is last heard of exhibiting at the Royal Academy
in 1858. Gilbert, Ann Taylor. Ann Taylor Gilbert’s Album. Editor Stewart, Christina Duff, Garland. 535 Graves, Algernon. The Royal Academy of Art. Henry Graves and George Bell. |
Family and Intimate relationships | Laurence Alma-Tadema | Laura Alma-Tadema was the daughter of the homoeopathic doctor George Napoleon Epps
. Her sister Ellen
married Edmund Gosse
. Childless herself, she was a loving mother to her stepdaughters. Swanson, Vern G. The Biography and Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema. Garton. 95 |
Leisure and Society | George Eliot | Exhibited at the Royal Academy
in 1867 and now in the National Portrait Gallery
, this was said by those who knew GE
to be the best likeness of her. Ashton, Rosemary. George Eliot: A Life. Hamish Hamilton. 275 Haight, Gordon S. George Eliot: A Biography. Oxford University Press. 378 The portrait may... |
Timeline
1850: The Royal Academy unleashed the full weight...
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1850
The Royal Academy
unleashed the full weight of its criticism against the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
.
Before May 1851: The Royal Academy accepted several Pre-Raphaelite...
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Before May 1851
The Royal Academy
accepted several Pre-Raphaelite
works for its annual exhibition (which opened on 5 May), despite the volley of criticism which had followed the Brotherhood's previous public displays.
Mid-1850s: US sculptor Harriet Hosmer, living and working...
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Mid-1850s
US sculptor Harriet Hosmer
, living and working in Rome, broke with the convention of using nude male models for both sexes.
7 May 1855: Painter Joanna Mary Boyce's Elgiva was hung...
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7 May 1855
Painter Joanna Mary Boyce
's Elgiva was hung at the Royal Academy
exhibition; this was Boyce's first public exposure.
3 May 1858: Rosa Brett made her exhibition debut, showing...
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3 May 1858
Rosa Brett
made her exhibition debut, showing The Hayloft at the Royal Academy
, under the pseudonym Rosarius.
4 May 1874: Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler, exhibited...
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4 May 1874
Elizabeth (Thompson), Lady Butler
, exhibited her painting Roll Call at the Royal Academy
; it was bought by Queen Victoria
.
1859: A Royal Commission was appointed to investigate...
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1859
A Royal Commission was appointed to investigate the workings of the Royal Academy
of Arts, including the role of women artists.
1861: Fearing adverse publicity, and sensing a...
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1861
Fearing adverse publicity, and sensing a shift in public opinion, the Royal Academy
of Arts acceeded to demands that female artists be granted admission and membership.
Before May 1862: Whistler's highly realist painting The White...
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Before May 1862
1863: A Government Commission on art was established;...
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1863
A Government Commission on art was established; Robertson Blaine
proposed full Royal Academy
membership for women.
May 1867: The Royal Academy of Arts was compelled to...
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May 1867
The Royal Academy
of Arts was compelled to repeal the quota system it had instituted to limit its numbers of female students.
3 May 1869: Catherine Madox Brown made her exhibition...
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3 May 1869
By 16 May 1874: The Royal Academy chose as its picture of...
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By 16 May 1874
The Royal Academy
chose as its picture of the year Elizabeth Thompson
's The Calling of the Roll after the Crimea; Thompson was the first woman to receive such an honour.
Summer 1874: Watercolourist Helen (Paterson) Allingham...
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Summer 1874
Watercolourist Helen (Paterson) Allingham
gained the recognition of the London artistic establishment after two of her paintings were selected for the Royal Academy
Summer Exhibition.
By 12 May 1877: The Grosvenor Gallery (welcomed by a Punch...
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By 12 May 1877
The Grosvenor Gallery
(welcomed by a Punch cartoon on this date) was established as an alternative exhibition arena to the Royal Academy
shows. It lasted until 1891.
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