Royal Canadian Academy of Arts


The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related organization that was founded in 1880.

History

1880 to 1890

The title of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was received from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880. The Governor General of Canada, the Marquess of Lorne, 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 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 a joint project of the Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists, while those held in Montreal were held in partnership with the Montreal Artists Association. 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 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 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.

1891 to present

Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was elected as an associate, became a full member and later became president of 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.

Members

The Academy is composed of members from across Canada representing over twenty visual arts disciplines. This list is not inclusive. See also :Category:Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

1880 to 1890

NameSexDiscipline188018811882188318841886188718881890
Aaron Allan EdsonmalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
William Nichol CresswellmalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCA
Daniel Fowler malepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
John Arthur Fraser malepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
James Griffiths malepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Joseph Arthur Eugene Hamel malepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCA
Robert HarrismalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
John William Hopkins malearchitectRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Henry LangleymalearchitectRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Lucius Richard O'BrienmalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
William RaphaelmalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Henry SandhammalepainterRCARCARCARCARCA RCA RCA RCA RCA
Charlotte SchreiberfemalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
François Van Luppen malesculptorRCARCARCARCARCARCA
James Smith malearchitectRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Thomas Seaton ScottmalearchitectRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
William George StormmalearchitectRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Thomas Mower MartinmalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Forshaw DaymalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
John Colin Forbes malepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Henri Perré malepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
John William Hurrell Watts maledesignerRCARCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Homer WatsonmalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Thomas W. FullermalearchitectRCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Alexander Cowper Hutchison malearchitectRCARCARCARCARCARCARCA
Marmaduke MatthewsmalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCA
John George HowardmalearchitectRCA retiredRCA retiredRCA retiredRCA retiredRCA retired
Antoine PlamondonmalepainterRCA retiredRCA retiredRCA retiredRCA retiredRCA retiredRCA retired
Napoléon BourassamalepainterRCARCARCARCARCARCA
William ArmstrongmalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCA
Robert Richard Baigent malepainterARCAARCAARCA
Harrington Bird malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Frederick Alexander Turner Dunbar malesculptorARCAARCAARCAARCA
Robert Ford Gagen malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Michael Hannaford malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
George Harvey malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Louis-Philippe HébertmalesculptorARCAARCAARCARCARCARCA
Frances BannermanfemalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Henry Martin malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
John Christopher Miles malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Andrew Dickson Patterson malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCARCARCA
Paul PeelmalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
William Revell malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Joseph Thomas Rolph malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
William RuelmalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Frances Elwood Richards femalepainterARCAARCAARCA
Edward Scrope ShrapnelmalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Frederic Marlett Bell-SmithmalepainterARCAARCAARCARCARCARCA
Edward Buckingham Shuttleworth malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
James L. Weston malepainterARCAARCAARCA
Robert R. WhalemalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCA
William Doughtie maledesignerARCA
Eugène-Étienne TachémaledesignerARCAARCAARCAARCA
Alfred Harold Howard maledesignerARCAARCARCARCARCARCA
Robert McCausland maledesignerARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
James BalfourmalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Charles BaillairgémalearchitectARCAARCA
Edmund BurkemalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Walter Chesterton malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Joseph ConnollymalearchitectARCAARCAARCARCARCARCA
Frank DarlingmalearchitectARCAARCAARCARCARCARCA
David Brash Dick malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAre
Andrew Dewar malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
G. Ernest FairweathermalearchitectARCAARCA
Robert GagemalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Henry Bauld GordonmalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
William Critchlow HarrismalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
William Irving malearchitectARCAARCA
John Thomas Charles McKean malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Charles Willer Mulligan malearchitectARCAARCAARCA
James Nelson malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Almond E. Paull malearchitectARCAARCAARCA
Alexander Denton Steele malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
William Stewart malearchitectARCAARCA
David StirlingmalearchitectARCAARCAARCA
Walter Reginald Strickland malearchitectARCAARCAARCA
Richard Cunningham Windeyer malearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
Otto Reinhold JacobimalepainterRCARCARCARCARCA
William BrymnermalepainterARCAARCARCARCARCA
Arthur Cox malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCAARCA
James A. Sydney CrockermalepainterARCAARCA
Percy Franklin Woodcock malepainterARCAARCARCARCARCA
William Tutin ThomasmalearchitectARCA
Alfred Boisseau malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCA
William CruikshankmalepainterARCAARCA
John Wycliffe Lowes ForstermalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCA
James Kerr-Lawson malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCA
John Charles Pinhey malepainterARCAARCAARCAARCA
George Agnew ReidmalepainterARCAARCAARCAARCA
John EllismaledesignerARCAARCAARCA
John Thompson WillingmaledesignerARCAARCAARCA
Henry Frederick Busch malearchitectARCAARCAARCA
Samuel George CurrymalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCA
Alexander Francis DunlopmalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCA
George F. Durand malearchitectARCAARCAARCA
Robert McNicol malearchitectARCAARCAARCA
Andrew TaylormalearchitectARCAARCAARCAARCA
Hamilton MacCarthymalesculptorARCAARCARCA
Frederick Charles S. Gordon malepainterARCAARCA
Emma S. Windeat femalepainterARCAARCA

Academy membership in 1907

Academicians
Associates

Inducted in 1973

Inducted in 1999

Inducted in 2002

Inducted in 2006

Inducted in 2007

Inducted in 2008

Inducted in 2011

Inducted in 2012