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Officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

An early Summer Exhibition at the Academy's original home in Somerset House.

This is a list of the officers of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Presidents (PRA)

President Served
Joshua Reynolds 1768–1792
Benjamin West 1792–1805
James Wyatt 1805–1806
Benjamin West 1806–1820
Thomas Lawrence 1820–1830
Martin Archer Shee 1830–1850
Charles Lock Eastlake 1850–1865
Francis Grant 1866–1878
Lord Leighton 1878–1896
John Everett Millais February–August 1896
Edward Poynter 1896–1918
Aston Webb 1919–1924
Frank Dicksee 1924–1928
William Llewellyn 1928–1938
Edwin Lutyens 1938–1944
Alfred Munnings 1944–1949
Gerald Kelly 1949–1954
Albert Richardson 1954–1956
Charles Wheeler 1956–1966
Thomas Monnington 1966–1976
Hugh Casson 1976–1984
Roger de Grey 1984–1993
Philip Dowson 1993–1999
Phillip King 1999–2004
Nicholas Grimshaw 2004–2011
Christopher Le Brun 2011–2019
Rebecca Salter 2019–present

Keepers

Keeper Served
George Michael Moser 10 Dec 1768 – 24 Jan 1783
Agostino Carlini 3 Mar 1783 – 24 Sep 1790
Joseph Wilton 24 Sep 1790 – 25 Nov 1803
Henry Fuseli 24 Dec 1804 – 16 Apr 1825
Henry Thomson 9 Jun 1825 – 10 Dec 1827
William Hilton 10 Dec 1827 – 30 Dec 1839
George Jones 3 Mar 1840 – 31 Dec 1850
Charles Landseer 29 Mar 1851 – 6 May 1873
Frederick Richard Pickersgill 10 Jul 1873 – 3 Aug 1887
Philip Hermogenes Calderon 3 Aug 1887 – 30 Apr 1898
Ernest Crofts 29 Sep 1898 – 19 Mar 1911
Andrew Carrick Gow 8 Dec 1911 – 1 Feb 1920
Charles Sims 18 Mar 1920 – 8 Nov 1926
Walter Westley Russell 1 Oct 1927 – 31 Dec 1942
Gerald Kelly 19 Jan 1943 – 11 Dec 1945
Philip Connard 11 Dec 1945 – 31 Dec 1949
Henry Rushbury 22 Apr 1949 – 30 Jun 1964
Peter Greenham 30 Jun 1964 – 30 Sep 1985
Edward Middleditch 1 Oct 1985 – 30 Sep 1986
Norman Adams 1 Oct 1986 – 30 Sep 1995
Leonard McComb 1 Oct 1995 – 21 May 1998
Brendan Neiland 21 May 1998 – 28 Jul 2004
Maurice Cockrill 28 Oct 2004 – 1 Oct 2011
Eileen Cooper 1 Oct 2011 – 31 Aug 2017
Rebecca Salter 1 Sep 2017 – 4 May 2020
Cathie Pilkington 5 May 2020 – present

Treasurers

Treasurer Served
William Chambers 10 Dec 1768 – 8 Mar 1796
John Yenn 2 Apr 1796 – 8 Jun 1820
Robert Smirke 8 Jun 1820 – 18 Jul 1850
Philip Hardwick 18 Jul 1850 – 25 Mar 1861
Sydney Smirke 25 Mar 1861 – 26 Feb 1874
Edward Middleton Barry 26 Feb 1874 – 27 Jan 1880
George Edmund Street 19 Nov 1880 – 18 Dec 1881
Richard Norman Shaw 8 Mar 1882 – 28 Mar 1882
John Callcott Horsley 14 Jun 1882 – 17 Nov 1897
Alfred Waterhouse 17 Nov 1897 – 5 Dec 1901
Thomas Graham Jackson 5 Dec 1901 – 8 May 1912
Aston Webb 8 May 1912 – 25 Apr 1919
Frank Short 25 Apr 1919 – 5 Dec 1932
Sydney Lee 5 Dec 1932 – 5 Dec 1940
Edwin Cooper 5 Dec 1940 – 24 Jun 1942
E. Vincent Harris 3 Dec 1942 – 7 Dec 1954
Edward Maufe 7 Dec 1954 – 10 Dec 1958
Louis de Soissons 10 Dec 1958 – 23 Sep 1962
Basil Spence 11 Dec 1962 – 31 Oct 1964
James Gunn 8 Dec 1964 – 30 Dec 1964
Donald McMorran 20 Jan 1965 – 6 Aug 1965
Marshall Sisson 7 Dec 1965 – 8 Dec 1970
William Holford 8 Dec 1970 – 20 Oct 1975
Hugh Casson 9 Dec 1975 – 29 Apr 1976
Roger de Grey 29 Apr 1976 – 31 Dec 1984
Philip Powell 1 Jan 1985 – 30 Sep 1995
Michael Kenny 1 Oct 1995 – 28 Dec 1999
Paul Huxley 30 Mar 2000 – 31 Aug 2014
Chris Orr 12 Mar 2014 – 19 Mar 2018
Chris Wilkinson 19 Mar 2018 – present

Secretaries

Secretary Served Ref.
Francis Milner Newton 10 Dec 1768 – 10 Dec 1788
John Inigo Richards 10 Dec 1788 – 2 Mar 1810
Henry Howard 11 Feb 1811 – 20 Jan 1847
John Prescott Knight 23 Nov 1847 – 10 Jul 1873
Frederick A. Eaton 10 Jul 1873 – 10 Sep 1913
Walter Lamb 2 Dec 1913 – 31 Dec 1951
Humphrey Brooke 1 Jan 1952 – 12 Jul 1968
Sidney C. Hutchison 1 Oct 1968 – 31 Mar 1982
Piers Rodgers 1 Apr 1982 – 30 Sep 1996
David Gordon 1 Oct 1996 – 31 Jul 2002
Lawton Fitt 21 Oct 2002 – 24 Mar 2005
MaryAnne Stevens 1 Apr 2005 – 1 Sep 2007
Charles Saumarez Smith, Secretary & Chief Executive 1 Sep 2007 – December 2018
Axel Rüger, Secretary & Chief Executive June 2019 – present

Honorary officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

Honorary Academician Extraordinary

Honorary Academician Extraordinary Elected Notes Ref.
Winston Churchill 1948 – 1965

Honorary Fellows

Honorary Fellow Elected Notes Ref.
David Attenborough 10 December 1992
Edward Fox 9 December 1993
Alan Bennett 18 May 2000
Pierre Rosenberg 18 May 2000
Quentin Blake 24 May 2001
Alfred Brendel 2009
A. S. Byatt 2009
Richard Cork 2011
Joseph Rykwert 2011
John Tusa 2011
Jeanette Winterson 2011
Svetlana Alpers 2014
Nicholas Hytner 2014
Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire 9 March 2016
Agnes Gund 9 March 2016
Marina Warner 19 March 2018
Tim Berners-Lee 10 December 2019
Zadie Smith 11 September 2020
Sarah Gilbert 14 December 2021
Hisham Matar 14 December 2021
Ngaire Woods 2022

Honorary Members

Honorary Member Position Elected Ref.
James Fenton Antiquarian of the Royal Academy 2002 – present
Sidney C. Hutchison Antiquarian of the Royal Academy 1992 – 2000
Lucy Winkett Chaplain 2010 – present
John Boardman Professor of Ancient History 1989 – present
Mary Beard Professor of Ancient Literature 2013 – present
Charles Saumarez Smith Professor of Architectural History 1 September 2019 – 31 August 2023
Dawn Adès Professor of History of Art 2008 – present
Alan Moses Professor of Law 2006 – present
Peter Ricketts Secretary of Foreign Correspondence 2018 – present
Simon Robertson Honorary Corresponding Member 2008 – present
Scott Mead Honorary Corresponding Member 2019 – present

Honorary Members ex officio

An incomplete list of the ex officio members, by virtue of their holding of another office.

Honorary Member ex officio Elected Preferred media Notes Ref.
Dermod O'Brien President of the Royal Hibernian Academy 1911 – 1945 Painting
Joyce W. Cairns President of the Royal Scottish Academy 2018 – present
Derek Balmer President of the Royal West of England Academy 2003 – 2010

Honorary Archivists

Honorary Archivist Elected Notes Ref.
Sidney C. Hutchison 1982 – 2000

Honorary Curators

Honorary Curator Elected Notes Ref.
Stephen Farthing 1999 – present
Donald Hamilton Fraser 1992 – 1999
Lawrence Gowing 1985 – 1991

Honorary Curators of Architecture

Honorary Curator Elected Notes Ref.
Adrian Forty

Honorary Curators of Prints and Drawings

Honorary Curator of Prints and Drawings Elected Notes Ref.
Andrew Wilton 2003 – present

Honorary Surveyors

Honorary Surveyor Elected Notes Ref.
Roger Zogolovitch 2015 – present

Other posts

Professors of the Royal Academy Schools

Professor of Painting Served Notes Ref.
Lubaina Himid 2020 – present
Mali Morris 2019 – 2020
Chantal Joffe 2015 – 2019
Fiona Rae 2011 – 2015
Professor of Chemistry Served Notes Ref.
Bronwyn Ormsby 2019 – present
Eranda Professor of Drawing Served Notes Ref.
Alison Wilding 1 October 2018 – present
David Remfry 2016 – 19 March 2018
Michael Landy 2014 – 2016
Tracey Emin 2011 – 2013
Ian McKeever 2006 – 2011
Gary Hume 2004 – 2006
Peter Blake 2002 – 2004
Christopher Le Brun 2000 – 2002

The post was created in 2000, supported by the Eranda Rothschild Foundation.

Professor of Perspective Served Notes Ref.
Fiona Banner 2020 – present
Humphrey Ocean 2012 – 2020
J. M. W. Turner 1807 – 1837
Professor of Printmaking Served Notes Ref.
Norman Ackroyd 1999 – 2000
Professor of Sculpture Served Notes Ref.
Mike Nelson 2019 – present
Cathie Pilkington 2015 – 2019
Richard Wilson 2011 – 2015
David Mach 2000 – 2007
Bryan Kneale 1985 – 1989 Master of the Sculpture School 1982 – 1985

Residents

Poet-in-Residence Served
Pele Cox 2 Sep 2011 – 2012

See also

References

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  33. "Sir Simon Robertson | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
  34. "Scott Mead | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
  35. "Dermod O'Brien | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023.
  36. "Joyce W. Cairns | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023.
  37. "Derek Balmer | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 11 May 2023.
  38. "Stephen Farthing | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
  39. "Donald Hamilton Fraser | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
  40. "Sir Lawrence Gowing | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
  41. "Andrew Wilton | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.
  42. "Roger Zogolovitch | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". Royal Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 12 May 2023.

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