One Hundred Years : The RWA and Royal Patronage

5 Sep-5 Nov 2013

Overview

Memory and tradition collide in this momentous exhibition, which celebrates the centenary of the Royal West of England Academy receiving royal patronage from King George V in 1913, and commemorates the Academy’s long relationship with royalty. The exhibition presents work by RWA Academicians past and present. A selection of prints, drawings and watercolours, generously lent by Her Majesty The Queen from the Royal Collection, are paired with key pieces from the RWA’s own important collection, to demonstrate the unique legacy of the Academy’s members to British art over the last one hundred years.