Royal Society of British Artists

The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA ) is an association of artists from London. It belongs to the Federation of British Artists (FBA ) and now has its headquarters in the Londener Mall Galleries, where also the other of the nine members of the Federation of British Artists are housed.

History

The Royal Society of British Artists was founded on 21 May 1823 by a small group of artists who wanted to leave the Royal Academy of Arts. Background was the desire for an alternative opportunity to exhibit work. The effort was successful, and finally the architect John Nash was commissioned to build the first gallery of the Company in London Suffolk Street.

Its first president was 1824 watercolor and miniature painter Thomas Heaphy. Additional President of the RBA included famous artists such as James McNeill Whistler, Walter Sickert and at the present time Peter Greenham RA. Since 2009, James Horton has held the presidency. The importance that had acquired the company in the 19th century, culminating in the granting of the Royal Charter by Queen Victoria in August 1887.

The RBA is committed in particular training in the course of their development, and supported in September 1995 the establishment of a new fine-art course in the context of Fine Art at Northbrook College in Worthing. It teach there also members of the RBA. The study concludes with a Bachelor of Fine Arts ( BFA).