The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts ( RCA ) is a Canadian arts -related organization that was founded in 1880.
13-817: George Russell may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] George Horne Russell (1861–1933), Canadian painter George William Russell (1867–1935), pseudonym "Æ", Irish critic, poet and painter George Russell (composer) (1923–2009), American jazz composer and theorist Politics [ edit ] Lord George Russell (1790–1846), British general and diplomat Sir George Russell, 4th Baronet (1828–1898), British politician and barrister George Russell, 10th Duke of Bedford (1852–1893), British peer, politician and barrister George W. E. Russell (1853–1919), British Liberal Party politician George Russell (New Zealand politician) (1854–1937), New Zealand politician George Washington Russell (1879–1961), member of
26-659: A joint project of the Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists , while those held in Montreal were held in partnership with the Art Association of Montreal . Exhibitions were also held in St. John, New Brunswick , and Halifax , Nova Scotia . Additional academicians and associates were added each year until the membership had more than doubled by 1890. Members were drawn from all areas of
39-754: Is included in the following collections: National Gallery of Canada ; the Glenbow-Alberta Institute ; the Art Gallery of Ontario , and in many other public and private collections, including the Canadian Club, New York. From 1922 to 1926, he was the president of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts . Royal Canadian Academy of Arts The title of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was received from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880. The Governor General of Canada , John Campbell, Marquess of Lorne ,
52-621: The Academy. The centennial year of the Academy was honoured by a 35 cent, 3 colour postage stamp. The stamp features an image of the original centre block of the Parliament Buildings and the text "Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880–1980", with the name " Thomas Fuller ", a member of the Academy and the Dominion Architect of Canada who had designed the original building. The Academy is composed of members from across Canada representing over twenty visual arts disciplines. This list
65-960: The Mississippi House of Representatives Ted Russell (Irish politician) (George Edward Russell, 1912–2004), Irish politician and company director Sports [ edit ] George Russell (footballer, born 1869) (1869–1930), Scottish footballer George Russell (footballer, born 1893) (1893–?), English outside right George Russell (footballer, born 1902) , English full back George Russell (racing driver) (born 1998), British racing driver Other [ edit ] George Alfred Russell (1839–1926), Australian businessman in mining and insurance George Russell (horticulturist) (1857–1951), British horticulturalist, developed Russell Hybrid Lupins George Oscar Russell (1890–1962), American speech scientist George Vernon Russell (1905–1989), American architect George A. Russell (1921–2016), American academic administrator, president of
78-579: The Rockies for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was a close friend of Sir William Van Horne . It was probably Van Horne along with other wealthy Montrealers who vacationed annually at St. Andrews, N.B., who persuaded Russell to locate a summer home and studio there. In 1926 in Montreal he held his first solo show at the Watson Art Gallery . He was considered a major maritime painter. His work
91-531: The Supreme Court of Canada and the first curator, John W.H. Watts , RCA was appointed to begin organizing exhibitions. The third objective—to encourage the teaching of art and design in Canada—was found to be more challenging to address with the limited financial resources available to them. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was elected as an associate, became a full member and later became president of
104-579: The University of Missouri system George E. Russell (1933–2016), Canadian painter and art teacher George Russell (serial killer) (born 1958), American thief and serial killer George L. Russell III (born 1965), United States District Judge for the District of Maryland [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
117-651: The collection of the National Gallery . They were also permitted to show more pieces in Academy-sponsored exhibitions than Associates. The inaugural exhibition was held in Ottawa and the first Academicians were inducted, including the first woman Academician, Charlotte Schreiber . Through the next 10 years, the Academy held annual exhibitions, often in cooperation with regional artists' societies. Exhibitions in Toronto were
130-466: The country and included anglophones and francophones. Men continued to out-number women and those female members were identified as painters not as designers or architects. As Academicians joined, they donated an example of their work to the National Gallery of Canada, building the collection of the as-yet unincorporated institution. A temporary home was found for the collection in a building next to
143-445: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=George_Russell&oldid=1220868180 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages George Horne Russell George Horne Russell (or G. Horne Russell by which he
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#1733084539574156-469: Was its first patron. The painter Lucius O’Brien was its first president. The objects of the Academy as stated in the 1881 publication of the organization's constitution were three-fold: In the same publication, two levels of membership were described: Academicians and Associates. No more than forty individuals could be Academicians at one time, while the number of Associates was not limited. All Academicians were required to give an example of their work to
169-591: Was known) RCA (April 18, 1861 – June 25, 1933) was a Scottish-born Canadian painter. Born in Banff, Aberdeenshire , Scotland , he studied at the Aberdeen School of Art and the South Kensington School of Art . He came to Canada in 1889 on invitation, settling in Montreal where he established a studio and painted portraits of many noted and well-to-do Canadians. By 1900 he was painting large scenes of
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