Articles
First World War
Inside the Academy
< 5 years ago
RA exhibitions: reflecting a world at war
As the conflict continued, the Royal Academy adapted its exhibition programme to support the war effort.
Inside the Academy
< 5 years ago
Consequences of war
The First World War took a heavy toll on the Royal Academy’s artists, staff and students - and left indelible scars on our building.
Our Collection
< 5 years ago
Object of the Month: August 2014
Taken from one of the artist’s sketchbooks, this captures the Italian town of Nonantola just prior to the beginnings of the First World War.
Our Collection
< 5 years ago
Artist of the Month: August 2014
George Clausen is remembered for the range of his remarkable accomplishments, both as an artist and as a dedicated Member of the RA.
Inside the Academy
< 5 years ago
Dazzle ships and the Royal Academy
How the RA played a role in the development of a dazzling new form of camouflage.
Inside the Academy
< 5 years ago
The Royal Academy joins the war effort
With volunteers drilling in the courtyard and the Red Cross taking over the galleries, the RA soon found itself at the centre of the war effort.
Inside the Academy
< 5 years ago
4 August 1914: the declaration of war
A snapshot of the Royal Academy on 4 August 1914, with the country poised on the brink of war.
Inside the Academy
< 5 years ago
Lights Out at the RA: commemorating the First World War
We’re joining in with a national moment of reflection on Monday 4 August.
Artists
< 5 years ago
Hughie O’Donoghue RA contemplates art of the First World War
As an exhibition honouring the British art of the First World War opens at the Imperial War Museum a century after its outbreak, the painter discusses the impact of these works.
Opinion
> 5 years ago
Lest we forget
Two new exhibitions of war art provide grave testament to the extent of human tragedy in world conflict.