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	Topics Royal West of England Academy Topic Home The Royal West of England Academy (RWA) is an art gallery where Queens Road meets Whiteladies Road, in Bristol, England. History The academy was the first art gallery in Bristol. It was financed by a donation of £2000 in the 1849 will of Ellen SharplesEllen Sharples Ellen Sharples was an English painter who specialized in portraits and miniatures.... and a group of artists in Bristol, known as the Bristol Society of Artists, these were mostly landscape painters and many were well known such as William James MüllerWilliam James Müller William James M?ller , English landscape and figure painter, was born at Bristol, his father, a Prussian, being curator of t... , Francis DanbyFrancis Danby Overview Francis Danby was a painter born in the south of Ireland.... , J.B. Pyne and John Syer. In 1844, when the Bristol Academy for the Promotion of Fine Arts was founded, the Bristol Society of Artists was incorporated into it. At this time the President and committee was predominantly its patrons, rather than its artists. In 1913 King George VGeorge V of the United Kingdom Summary George V was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, as a result of his creating it from the British b... granted the Academy its Royal title, with the reigning monarch as its Patron, and by 1914 a major extension to the front of the building, including the dome and Walter CraneWalter Crane Walter Crane was an English artist.... lunettes, was completed. During World War IIWorld War II World War II, or the Second World War, was a worldwide conflict fought between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers ,... the Academy became the temporary home of various organisations including the Bristol Aeroplane CompanyBristol Aeroplane Company The Bristol Aeroplane Company was a major British aircraft company which, in 1959, merged with several major British aircra... and the U.S. Army. Immediately after the war ended the Council applied for the release of the galleries but was informed that they would be occupied by the Inland RevenueInland Revenue The Inland Revenue was, until April 2005, a department of the British Government responsible for the collection of direct t... until further notice. It wasn't until 1950 that the building was returned to its original function after the intervention of the then Prime Minister, Clement Atlee. Collections Among the paintings in the permanent collection are works by artists from the NewlynNewlyn School The Newlyn School is a term used to describe a colony of artists based in or near to Newlyn, a fishing village adjacent to P... , St IvesSt Ives, Cornwall St Ives is a seaside town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.... and BloomsburyBloomsbury Bloomsbury may refer to:Bloomsbury, London, an area in central London.... Schools. Paintings by George Swaish, Matthew HaleMatthew Hale There have been a number of people named Matthew Hale:... , Anne RedpathAnne Redpath Anne Redpath* was a Scottish artist whose vivid domestic still-lifes are among her best-known works.... , Mary FeddenMary Fedden Mary Fedden OBE, is a British artist.... , Carel WeightCarel Weight Carel Weight was an English painter.... , Bernard DunstanBernard Dunstan Bernard Dunstan RA is a British artist, teacher, and author, best known for his studies of figures in interiors and l... and Elizabeth BlackadderElizabeth Blackadder Dame Elizabeth Violet Blackadder, DBE, RA is a Scottish painter and printmaker.... are also valued additions to the collection. Building The building is a grade II* listed buildingListed building In the United Kingdom the term 'listed building' refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of s... constructed in 1857. The interiors are by Charles UnderwoodCharles Underwood Charles Underwood was a builder in Cheltenham who moved to Bristol where he became a neo-classical architect.... and facade by JR Hirst, altered in 1912 by SS Reay and H Dare Bryan. The first floor is in 3 sections, the outer ones articulated by paired Corinthian pilasters flanking large shell head niches with statues of Flaxman and ReynoldsJoshua Reynolds Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA was the most important and influential of 18th century English painters, specialising in po... . A large carving of 3 female figures crowns the parapet. The interior includes coloured marbleFacts About Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone, composed mostly of calcite .... . See also Barrington TabbBarrington Tabb Barrington Tabb RWA was born in 1934 in Almondsbury, Barrington has lived his whole life in and around Bristol.... Ellen SharplesEllen Sharples Ellen Sharples was an English painter who specialized in portraits and miniatures.... Francis DanbyFrancis Danby Francis Danby was a painter born in the south of Ireland.... Janet Stancomb-WillsJanet Stancomb-Wills Dame Janet Stancomb Graham Stancomb-Wills, DBE was the eldest daughter of George Perkins Stancomb and Catherine Janet Lobb, ... John Scandrett HarfordJohn Scandrett Harford John Scandrett Harford was the son of a prominent banker in the English city of Bristol.... Mary FeddenMary Fedden Mary Fedden OBE, is a British artist.... Walter CraneWalter Crane Walter Crane was an English artist.... William James Muller William Henry Wills, 1st Baron Winterstoke