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Officers of the Royal Academy of Arts
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
- ^ Crystal, David (1994). The Cambridge Factfinder. Internet Archive. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. p. 639. ISBN 978-0-521-46991-3.
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