Royal Academy Schools begin operation
- When
- 1769
- Where
- London, home of the Royal Academy Schools
The Royal Academy Schools, part of the institution since its foundation, enrolled 77 students in 1769, their first year of operation.
The Royal Academy Schools have been an integral part of the Royal Academy of Arts since its foundation in 1768 and were the first institution to provide professional training for artists in Britain. In 1769, the first year of operation, the Schools enrolled 77 students. In his fifteen Discourses delivered to pupils in the Schools between 1769 and 1790, Reynolds stressed the importance of copying the Old Masters and of drawing from casts after the Antique and from the life model.
Sources
- Royal Academy of Arts Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-18
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