The Permanent Collection on display in the John Madejski Fine RoomsFree Gallery Tours ![John Constable RA, Cloud Study, Hampstead, Tree at Right, 1821 [detail]](http://www.racollection.org.uk/asset_arena/image/ad/constable_hampstead.jpg) See highlights from the Royal Academy's collection, find out more about the history of the institution and explore its home, Burlington House, on a free guided tour of the John Madejski Fine Rooms. New displays in the rooms for 2010 include landscapes ranging from Thomas Gainsborough's Romantic Landscape to John Constable's masterpiece, The Leaping Horse, which is displayed alongside oil sketches by Constable. >More ... Sir Henry Rushbury RA: Drawings, Watercolours and Prints 4 June-12 September 2010 The Tennant Gallery Free Admission; Tuesday - Sunday, 10am -6pm.  Internationally renowned during his lifetime but neglected today, Rushbury took as his subject matter the landscapes, cities and street-life of Britain and Europe. Whether working in watercolour or the exacting medium of drypoint, drawing was the cornerstone of Rushbury's art, enabling him to conjure extraordinary effects of mood and atmosphere in his depictions of the places and people he encountered. >More ... The Language of Line: John Flaxman's illustrations to the works of Homer and Aeschylus 27 July-29 October 2010 Library Print Room Free Admission, Tuesday to Friday, 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm  Free curator's talk: Tuesday 5 October, 3.30pm This year marks the 200th anniversary of John Flaxman's appointment as the first Professor of Sculpture at the Royal Academy. Although recognised as one of the leading sculptors of his day, it was Flaxman’s talent as a draughtsman that won him international acclaim. His dynamic yet understated outline illustrations to the works of Homer, Hesiod, Aeschylus and Dante were an immediate success when published as engravings and proved highly influential for generations of artists. >More ... Searching the CollectionsThe Royal Academy Collections include paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, historic books, archives, historic photographs and plaster casts. To search any of these categories either use the quick search box above or for more advanced searches visit Search all collections to search across all media, or narrow your search by choosing to search Works of art, Books or Archives. Alternatively you can browse by the Name A-Zor visit Help. Currently, only works of art which have been digitised are available on the website. More images are added each month, and in due course all records will be made available. Works of art are mainly by British artists from the 18th century to the present day. >More... The Library and Archive form one of the most significant resources for the study of British Art from 1760 onwards. >More... Academy in the 18th Century The Royal Academicians in General Assembly by Henry Singleton was painted in 1795 and shows artists gathered in the Academy's rooms at Somerset House. In this interactive you can explore the people, including Benjamin West PRA, and the first two women members of the Royal Academy, as well as the objects and pictures shown in this painting. >More Benjamin West PRA - History Painter to the King Watch a series of interviews in which Loyd Grossman and Curators from the Collection discuss Benjamin West’s meteoric career, his apocalyptic subjects and a satirical print which reveals how West and other Academicians were duped into buying a fake manuscript which purported to reveal the secret techniques of the Old Masters. More> Constable's paintings![John Constable RA, The Leaping Horse [detail], oil on canvas, 1825. © Royal Academy of Arts, London.](http://www.racollection.org.uk/asset_arena/image/le/bgconstable.jpg) In the section on Constable's Paintings you can explore paintings by John Constable in the Royal Academy Collection. You can also watch videos of MaryAnne Stevens and Michael Rosenthal discussing Constable's work in relation to his observations of different weather conditions on the landscape, the oil sketches he made around Hampstead and his great masterpiece, The Leaping Horse. Artist of the Month - September 2010 Flaxman was recognised as one of the leading sculptors of his day but it was his talent as a draughtsman that won him international acclaim. While living in Rome in the early 1790s he produced dynamic yet understated outline illustrations of the works of Dante, Homer and Aeschylus which were an immediate success and were published as engravings throughout Europe. >More.... Object of the Month - September 2010 It is thought that this painting represents John Hamilton Mortimer, Joseph Wilton, and an unknown student drawing at the Duke of Richmond's Cast Gallery. This collection of plaster casts after the Antique that was made available to students between 1758 and 1762. >More.... John Frederick Lewis RA: An Album of early drawings by Lewis and his family In this interactive you can explore over 170 drawings from an album of works by J. F. Lewis and his family. You can also listen to curators Briony Llewellyn and Sally Doust discussing how the album was put together; the importance of this artistic family, Lewis's enthusiasm for drawing animals and his later career as an Orientalist painter. More> |