It is unique in that it shows exclusively in oils. It was granted its royal status by King Edward VII in 1909. Famous artists who have exhibited, include Lawrence Alma-Tadeema, Walter Sickert and Auguste Rodin.
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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Bookbinder and printer. Born Thomas James Sanderson at Alnwick, Northumberland. He married Anne Cobden (suffragette daughter of Richard) in 1882 and added her surname to his. He was a friend of Edw...
Artist, born in Edinburgh. In 1933 he won a scholarship to the Edinburgh College of Art. In 1938 he was made a fellow of the college at the relatively young age of 31. He studied in Paris at the Ac...
Painter. Born Tavistock Square and died Tunbridge Wells. The picture is a self-portrait. On the Albert Hall frieze Armitage contributed two of the sixteen sections: 'Princes, Art Patrons and Art...
Milein Cosman, artist and illustrator, best known for her drawings and prints of leading cultural figures, dancers and musicians in action. From Holocaust Remembrance: "Milein Cosman was born into...
Artist/designer/craft-person. Born Stoke-on-Trent. Initially we could find no information about "S. Bird" but Andrew Behan was more successful so we have him to thank for this page.
The Royal Exchange was established by Thomas Gresham in 1566, following his, and his father's, favourable experiences of the Antwerp Bourse as a place where merchants could arrange credit and loans...
Most statues have plinths, which often carry the identity of the statue but little more. The plinth for this Millicent Fawcett statue is ...
Stanley Ernest Clyde Boggis was born on 27 August 1921. His birth was registered in the Holborn registration district. He was the son of Clyde Percy Boggis (1890-1980) and May Helen Boggis née Sher...
Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.
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