The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is a Canadian arts-related institution founded in 1880, under the patronage of the Governor General of Canada, Sir John Douglas Sutherland Campbell, the Marquess of Lorne. Canadian landscape painter Homer Watson was a member and president of the Academy. It received the title Royal Canadian Academy of Arts from Queen Victoria on 16 July 1880.
Frances Bannerman was the first woman to be elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy (1882), following the charter membership of Charlotte Schreiber (1834-1922). She exhibited her work at the Royal Canadian Academy (1881–83).
The Academy is composed of members in over twenty visual arts disciplines from across Canada.
A 35 cent, 3 colour postage stamp featured an image of the Parliament Buildings (Canada) and the text Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880-1980, Thomas Fuller (architect).
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