Portraits of Artists
Title: The Council of the Royal Academy selecting Pictures for the Exhibition, 1875
Artist: Charles West Cope RA (British 1811-90)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
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Artists take on artists. Delving into their extensive collection London's Royal Academy of Arts
have updated the John Madejski Fine Rooms. Four of these rooms have been re-hung with paintings and sculpture highlighting
the Academy's collection of artists' portraits.
At Home: Portraits of Artists
in the Royal Academy Collection
until November 25, 2007
Self-portrait, c.1787
Artist: Thomas Gainsborough RA (British 1727-88)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
© Royal Academy of Arts, London
Image Courtesy: Royal Academy of Arts, London
The paintings and sculpted portraits range from C. R. Leslie’s tiny, intimate picture of his
friend John Constable to grand formal images such as Giuseppe Ceracchi’s bust of Sir Joshua
Reynolds and George Frederic Watts’s portrait of Lord Leighton. Also on view will be Charles West
Cope’s magnificent Victorian group, The Council of the Royal Academy, which depicts eminent
Royal Academicians selecting the works for the Summer Exhibition of 1875. Other works on display
include Thomas Gainsborough and John Bellany’s revealing self-portraits.
Title: John Hamilton Mortimer with Joseph Wilton and a Student, c. 1760-65
Attrib. John Hamilton Mortimer ARA (1740-79)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
© Royal Academy of Arts, London
Image Courtesy: Royal Academy of Arts, London
The works span the Academy's collection of artists’ portraits, built up since the Academy’s foundation in 1768.
TItle: Portrait of Frederic, Lord Leighton PRA, 1888
Artist: George Frederic Watts (British 1817-1904)
Medium: Oil on Canvas
© Royal Academy of Arts, London
Image Courtesy: Royal Academy of Arts, London
When visiting At Home don't miss the exciting
Citizens and Kings exhibit currently on display at the Royal Academy of Arts.
At Home: Portraits of Artists
in the Royal Academy Collection
Royal Academy of Arts:
through November 25, 2007
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