Royal Cambrian Academy of Art
Foundation date: 1882
Function: Art society
Policy: The object of the Academy will be the advancement of the Art of Painting in oil, in Fresco, and in Water Colours; of Drawing from the Antique, and the Elementary Drawing; also the Study of Sculpture and Architecture.
Activities: art classes, classes, classes in painting from the life, exhibitions (open to non-members), exhibitions (members only), meetings
Publications: exhibition catalogues
Composition: amateur artists, amateur painters, amateurs, corresponding members, men and women members, professional artists, professional painters, professional sculptors
Funding types: bequests, catalogue sales, donations, entrance fees, exhibition entry fees, fees
Employees, Students & Members
Numbers: 354
Locations
Address Plas Mawr High Street Conway | View on map
1888 (Presumed)
Located at Plas Mawr High Street Conway | View on map
1886 (Circa) - 1913 (Circa)
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Ninth Annual Exhibition, 1951
5 May 1951 - 6 October 1951
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1950
20 May 1950 - 7 October 1950
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, 1949
28 May 1949 - 8 October 1949
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1948
8 March 1948 - 30 September 1948
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Fifth Annual Exhibition, 1947
17 May 1947 - 27 September 1947
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1946
1 June 1946 - 26 September 1946
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-First Annual Exhibition, 1943
7 June 1943 - 8 September 1943
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, 1939
20 May 1939 - 22 September 1939
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1938
4 June 1938 - 23 September 1938
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Fifth Annual Exhibition, 1937
31 May 1937 - 22 September 1937
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1936
1 June 1936 - 23 September 1936
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Third Annual Exhibition, 1935
8 June 1935 - 25 September 1935
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition, 1934
21 May 1934 - 26 September 1934
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-First Annual Exhibition, 1933
5 June 1933 - 23 September 1933
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fiftieth Annual Exhibition, 1932
4 June 1932 - 1 October 1932
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Ninth Annual Exhibition, 1931
1 June 1931 - 3 October 1931
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1930
9 June 1930 - 4 October 1930
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Fourth Annual Exhibition, 1926
31 May 1926 - 2 October 1926
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Third Annual Exhibition, 1925
1 June 1925 - 3 October 1925
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-First Annual Exhibition, 1923
4 June 1923 - 6 October 1923
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1920
1920
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition, 1915
1 June 1915 - 25 September 1915
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-First Annual Exhibition, 1913
12 May 1913 - 27 September 1913
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirtieth Annual Exhibition, 1912
27 May 1912 - 28 September 1912
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition, 1910
16 May 1910 - 24 September 1910
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition, 1909
31 May 1909 - 25 September 1909
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition, 1908
8 June 1908 - 26 September 1908
Organized Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition, 1907
20 May 1907 - 28 September 1907
Associated People
Associates included Frederick Brook Hitch
1908 - 1913
Hitch was listed as an associate of the RCA between 1908-1913.
Associates included Joseph Herbert Morcom
1910 - 1913
Morcom was listed as an associate of the RCA between 1910-1913.
Associates included W. Pierce Roberts
1915 - 1929
For a significant period of time (as yet unknown) Roberts was the only associate sculptor of the RCA.
Members included James Milo Ap Griffith
1888
Members included William Goscombe John
1904 - 1952
William Goscombe John was an Honorary Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy and does not appear to have ever exhibited at one of their annual exhibitions.
Members included John Cassidy
1912 - 1926
Cassidy was an Academician of the RCA from 1912-1926. For a substantial period of time (unclear exactly how much) he was the only sculptor academician of the Academy.
Recorded as an associate of the RCA pre 1912 and as an Honorary retired Academician from 1928-1950.
Sources
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fiftieth Annual Exhibition
1932
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
1937
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-First Annual Exhibition
1933
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
1936
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Second Annual Exhibition
1934
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
1939
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fifty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
1938
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
1930
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-First Annual Exhibition
1923
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
1931
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
1929
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Forty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
1928
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Fourty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
1926
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
1950
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
1947
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-First Annual Exhibition
1943
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Fourth Annual Exhibition
1946
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Ninth Annual Exhibition
1951
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
1949
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Sixty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
1948
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirtieth Annual Exhibition
1912
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
1920
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-First Annual Exhibition
1913
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Thirty-Third Annual Exhibition
1915
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Eighth Annual Exhibition
1910
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
1907
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Fifth Annual Exhibition
1925
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Seventh Annual Exhibition
1909
Royal Cambrian Academy of Art Twenty-Sixth Annual Exhibition
1908
Citing this record
'Royal Cambrian Academy of Art', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/organization.php?id=msib1_1202141811, accessed 20 Jan 2021]
