Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
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The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian art
s-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada
, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson
was a member and president of the Academy. It received the title Royal Canadian Academy of Arts from Queen Victoria
on 16 July 1880.
The Academy is composed of members in over twenty visual arts disciplines from across Canada.
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
s-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada
Governor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson
Homer Watson
Homer Ransford Watson was a Canadian landscape painter. He was "the man who first saw Canada as Canada, rather than as dreamy blurred pastiches of European painting," according to J. Russell Harper, a former curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery of Canada...
was a member and president of the Academy. It received the title Royal Canadian Academy of Arts from Queen Victoria
Victoria of the United Kingdom
Victoria was the monarch of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India....
on 16 July 1880.
The Academy is composed of members in over twenty visual arts disciplines from across Canada.
See also
- :Category:Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- List of Canadian organizations with royal patronage
- Monarchy of Canada