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The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (RCA) is a Canadian arts-related organization that was founded in 1880.
The title of Royal Canadian Academy of Arts was received from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880. The Governor General of Canada, John Campbell, 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[1] 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.[1]
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 Art Association of Montreal. Exhibitions were also held in St. John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4]
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.[2]
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.[5] 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 [6] who had designed the original building.
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.
Name[7] | Sex | Discipline[7] | 1880[3] | 1881[8] | 1882[8] | 1883[9] | 1884[10] | 1886[11] | 1887[12] | 1888[13] | 1890[14] |
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Aaron Allan Edson | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||
William Nichol Cresswell | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
Daniel Fowler (1810–1894) | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
John Arthur Fraser (1838–1898) | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||
James Griffiths (1825–1896) | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
Joseph Arthur Eugene Hamel (1845–1932) | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
Robert Harris | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
John William Hopkins (1825–1905)[15] | male | architect | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
Henry Langley | male | architect | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
Lucius Richard O'Brien | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
William Raphael | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
Henry Sandham | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA (non-resident) | RCA (non-resident) | RCA (non-resident) | RCA (non-resident) | RCA (non-resident) |
Charlotte Schreiber | female | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||
François Van Luppen (1838–1899) | male | sculptor | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
James Smith (1832–1918)[16] | male | architect | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
Thomas Seaton Scott | male | architect | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |
William George Storm | male | architect | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
Thomas Mower Martin | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
Forshaw Day | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
John Colin Forbes (1846–1925) | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA |
male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |
John William Hurrell Watts (1850–1917) | male | designer | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |
Homer Watson | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||
Thomas W. Fuller | male | architect | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||
Alexander Cowper Hutchison (1838–1922) | male | architect | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||
Marmaduke Matthews | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
John George Howard | male | architect | RCA retired | RCA retired | RCA retired | RCA retired | RCA retired | ||||
Antoine Plamondon | male | painter | RCA retired | RCA retired | RCA retired | RCA retired | RCA retired | RCA retired | |||
Napoléon Bourassa | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
William Armstrong | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
Robert Richard Baigent (1830–1890) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Harrington Bird (1846–1936) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
Frederick Alexander Turner Dunbar (1849–1921) | male | sculptor | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
Robert Ford Gagen (1847–1926) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Michael Hannaford (1832–1891) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
George Harvey (1846–1910) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Louis-Philippe Hébert | male | sculptor | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
Frances Bannerman | female | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
Henry Martin (1832–1902) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
John Christopher Miles (1837–1911) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Andrew Dickson Patterson (1854–1930) [17] | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | |||
Paul Peel | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
William Revell (1830–1902) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Joseph Thomas Rolph (1831–1916) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
William Ruel | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Frances Elwood Richards (1852–1934) | female | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Edward Scrope Shrapnel (1845-1920) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
Frederic Marlett Bell-Smith | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
Edward Buckingham Shuttleworth (1842–1934) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
James L. Weston (1815–1896) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Robert R. Whale | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
William Doughtie (1846–1883) | male | designer | ARCA | ||||||||
Eugène-Étienne Taché | male | designer | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
Alfred H. Howard (1854–1916) | male | designer | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
Robert McCausland (1856–1923) | male | designer | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
James Balfour | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Charles Baillairgé | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | |||||||
Edmund Burke | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Walter Chesterton (1845–1931) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
Joseph Connolly | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
Frank Darling | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | |||
David Brash Dick (1846–1925) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCAre | |||
Andrew Dewar (architect) (1846 – c. 1932) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
G. Ernest Fairweather | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | |||||||
Robert Gage | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
(1851–1915) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
Henry Bauld Gordon | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
William Critchlow Harris | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
William Irving (1830–1883) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | |||||||
John Thomas Charles McKean (1840–1911) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
Charles Willer Mulligan (1846–1908) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
James Nelson (1831–1913) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
Almond E. Paull (1824–1902) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Alexander Denton Steele (1841–1890) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||
William Stewart (1832–1907) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | |||||||
David Stirling | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Walter Reginald Strickland (1841–1915) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Richard Cunningham Windeyer (1831–1900) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
Otto Reinhold Jacobi | male | painter | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||||
William Brymner | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||||
Arthur Cox (1840–1917) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||
James A. Sydney Crocker | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | |||||||
Percy Franklin Woodcock (1855–1936) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | RCA | RCA | ||||
William Tutin Thomas | male | architect | ARCA | ||||||||
Alfred Boisseau (1823–1901) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
William Cruikshank | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | |||||||
John Wycliffe Lowes Forster | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
James Kerr-Lawson (1865–1939) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
John Charles Pinhey (1860–1912) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
George Agnew Reid | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
John Ellis | male | designer | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
John Thompson Willing | male | designer | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Henry Frederick Busch (1826–1902) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Samuel George Curry | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
Alexander Francis Dunlop | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
George F. Durand (1850–1889) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Robert McNicol (fl. 1881–83) | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ||||||
Andrew Taylor | male | architect | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | ARCA | |||||
Hamilton MacCarthy | male | sculptor | ARCA | ARCA | RCA | ||||||
Frederick Charles S. Gordon (1856–1924) | male | painter | ARCA | ARCA | |||||||
Emma S. Windeat (fl. 1884–1926)[18] | female | painter | ARCA | ARCA |
Name[7] | discipline[7] | 1896[19] |
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William Edwin Atkinson (Canadian painter, 1862–1926) | painter | ARCA |
George Théodore Berthon | painter | RCA |
Franklin Brownell (1857–1946) | painter | RCA |
George Robert Bruenech (1851–1916) | painter | ARCA |
Frederick Sproston Challener, (1869–1959) | painter | ARCA |
Gertrude Spurr Cutts (1858–1941) | painter | ARCA |
Edmond Dyonnet | painter | ARCA |
Mary Alexandra Eastlake née Bell (1864–1951) | painter | ARCA |
Harriet Ford (1859–1939) | painter | ARCA |
James Lillie Graham (1873–1971) | painter | ARCA |
Edmund Wyly Grier | painter | RCA |
John A. Hammond | painter | RCA |
Sarah Holden | painter | ARCA |
William R. Hope (1863–1931) | painter | ARCA |
Farquhar McGillivray Knowles (1859–1932) | painter | ARCA |
Laura Muntz Lyall | painter | ARCA |
Hamilton MacCarthy | sculptor | RCA |
Charles Macdonald Manly (1855–1924) | painter | ARCA |
Joseph W. Power | architect | ARCA |
Mary Augusta Hiester Reid (1854–1921) | painter | ARCA |
William Albert Sherwood (1855–1919) | painter | ARCA |
W. L. Symons | architect | ARCA |
S. H. Townsend | architect | ARCA |
Sydney Strickland Tully (1869–1911) | painter | ARCA |
Frederick Arthur Verner | painter | ARCA |
Carl Henry Ahrens (1863–1936) | painter | ARCA |
Paul Giovanni Wickson (1860–1922) | painter | ARCA |
Curtis Williamson (1867–1944) | painter | ARCA |
Emma S. Windeat (fl. 1884–1926)[18] | painter | ARCA |
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