Diploma Work
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To become a full member, some artistic academies formally require an artist to produce a work of art (usually a painting) representative of their œuvre, which the academy will then keep. Diploma Work is the title given to such a piece at the Royal Academy
in London (where some 18th and 19th century examples are now on display), and tableau de réception was the title given to it at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.
Royal Academy
The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London. The Royal Academy of Arts has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent artists and architects whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and...
in London (where some 18th and 19th century examples are now on display), and tableau de réception was the title given to it at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture in Paris.