search results
Previous Showing result 2 of 6 Next
Close
Stephen Farthing RA, The Understudy, 1983, 1983.
Oil & beeswax on cottonduck. 1700 mm x 2412 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
This image is not available to download. To licence this image for commercial purposes, contact our Picture Library at picturelibrary@royalacademy.org.uk
Stephen Farthing RA (b. 1950)
RA Collection: Art
Royal Academy of Arts
1700 mm x 2412 mm
As part of our ‘Artists in Isolation’ series, Stephen Farthing RA describes life in locked-down Jordan – how he hopes to finish his next painting before lockdown ends, and how the local call to prayer has been louder since COVID-19.
Recent research reveals how the Royal Academy’s founding artists worked amidst Britain’s imperial expansion in the 18th century, the transatlantic slave trade, and a growing abolitionist movement.
The RA’s founding President Joshua Reynolds may have shaken up the art world when he delivered his ‘Discourses’ lectures, but are they still relevant now? We take a closer look at what artists and art-lovers can learn from the series today.
Watch Emma Stibbon describes the unforgiving conditions and dramatic landscapes that inspired her display in the Collection Gallery.
Do an advanced search in works of art, names, books, exhibition catalogues, archives, or frames.
When should this exhibition be published?