Previous Showing result 3 of 3
Photographs relating to the Summer Exhibition 1931.
© Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
This image is released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND
To licence this image for commercial purposes, contact our Picture Library at picturelibrary@royalacademy.org.uk
Two photographs from a group of nine images relating to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy, 1931. One, shows a painting arriving at the Academy on 'Sending In Day' 28/03/1931, the other, 10/1189, shows Gallery III, showing paintings numbered 277-302 in the catalogue, including - A Family Group (George Harcourt R.A.), Rt. Hon. the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Arthur Cope R.A.), The Riverside (Sydney Lee R.A.), The Estuary, Gathering Clouds (Arnesby Brown R.A.), The Green Dress (the late Walter Greaves).
Summer Exhibition Burlington House Medium Group Of People 1930s Style Woman Paintings Arrival Examining Delivering Admiration Urban Scene Outdoors Alley Black And White Indoors Visit Art Gallery Looking Bench Wide Angle Dark
How to read it: Dame Laura Knight RA's 'Ella Naper in the Apple Orchard at Trewoolfe'
Dame Laura Knight RA was denied access to nude models throughout her studies. In Cornwall, she found the freedom and the friends to make up for lost time.
Artists Cathie Pilkington and Alison Wilding on 'The Ancestors'
Fiona Maddocks meets the former teacher and pupil duo about their co-curated project on their Academy forebears.
How to read it: Flaxman's 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey'
The 18th-century British artist John Flaxman was an established sculptor, but it was his drawn illustrations of 'The Iliad' and 'The Odyssey' that made him a sensation across Europe.
How to read it: Gabriella Boyd's "Sunhead"
In Gabriella Boyd's "Sunhead", familiar shapes are given a surreal twist. The painting floats on the edge of reality where nothing is certain. But what does it mean? Where did the head go? And why is this painting in the RA's Collection anyway?