
Mali Morris RA in her studio, 2018
Courtesy Royal Academy of Arts, London. © Mali Morris RA. Photo: Fred Scott
Top picks from the Collection
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“Where to start? The RA Collection has tens of thousands of items… it was like looking for something in a haystack, without knowing what that something might be. A theme slowly emerged, I called it ‘immediacy’ – the result of a direct touch, a hand taking some kind of material to a surface without fuss.” – Mali Morris RA

Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, Studio Experiments in Colour and Media.
Part of the RA CollectionOil on canvas. 609 mm x 509 mm x 13 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA

Sonia Lawson RA, Letter with sketch of Zoe, 2 April 1986.
Part of the RA Collectionpen and ink on paper mounted on board. 414 mm x 204 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Sonia Lawson RA
Letter with sketch of Zoe , 2 April 1986

Sir George Clausen RA, Study of the boy for 'The Gap in the Hedge', ca. 1900.
Part of the RA CollectionPastel and pencil on wove paper. 278 mm x 208 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Sir George Clausen RA
Study of the boy for 'The Gap in the Hedge' , ca. 1900

Olwyn Bowey RA, Back view of Carel Weight painting, ca. 1980s.
Part of the RA Collectionpencil on wove paper. 252 mm x 213 mm. © Royal Academy of Arts. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Olwyn Bowey RA
Back view of Carel Weight painting , ca. 1980s

Philip Reinagle RA, A bright pink and white shell.
Part of the RA Collectionpencil and watercolour on off-white laid paper. 116 mm x 100 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Philip Reinagle RA

John Constable RA, Rainstorm over the Sea, ca. 1824-1828.
Part of the RA CollectionOil on paper laid on canvas. 235 mm x 326 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
John Constable RA
Rainstorm over the Sea , ca. 1824-1828

Sir John Gilbert RA, Leaf from a sketchbook with a compositional sketch and drawings of posters on the hoardings of a new hotel at Blackheath, c. 1871.
Part of the RA Collectionpen and ink over pencil on wove paper. 335 mm x 245 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Sir John Gilbert RA

Sir David Wilkie RA, Study of dancing figures for 'The Penny Wedding', ca. 1818.
Part of the RA Collectionpen and brown ink on cream laid paper. 104 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
Sir David Wilkie RA
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Visit Mali Morris's Collections Gallery Cabinet display at the RA
Until 4 Aug 2019
These paintings, doodles, studies and palettes are among those on show in the RA’s Collection Gallery cabinet, in a display curated by Mali Morris RA.
The display coincides with her Tennant Gallery show, and the first monograph to present the full range of her work, entitled Mali Morris: Painting, published by the Royal Academy in March 2019.
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