Royal Academy Exhibition of 1837
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The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1837 was an art exhibition held in London between 1 May and 22 July 1837. It was the sixty ninth annual Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts and the first to be held at the National Gallery following a move from Somerset House, the Academy's home since 1780. The new gallery was designed by the architect William Wilkins in Greek Revival style. When the exhibition began it was not fully completed. Designed for the Academy to share the building with the recently established National Gallery, critical reaction to the new building was almost universally negative. [1] While the Exhibition was ongoing the reigning monarch William IV was succeeded by his niece Victoria on 20 June, beginning the Victorian era.
The exhibition was the first time in 34 years that Constable had not appeared due to his death on 31 March. However his friend Charles Robert Leslie submitted the artist's final major work Arundel Mill and Castle on his behalf. [2] Constable's former rival J.M.W. Turner was on the hanging committee and submitted four works of his own.[3]
David Wilkie displayed a portrait painting of William IV while Martin Archer Shee, the President of the Royal Academy, exhibited his Portrait of Queen Adelaide. Wilkie also displayed history paintings including The Escape of Mary Queen of Scots from Lochleven Castle and Josephine and the Fortune-Teller [4] George Frederic Watts made his debut at the Academy with The Wounded Heron.[5]
In sculpture John Gibson submitted Hylas Surprised by the Naiades, now in the Tate Britain.
Gallery
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Portrait of John Conroy by Henry William Pickersgill -
Portrait of William IV by David Wilkie -
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The Grand Canal, Venice by J.M.W. Turner -
Story of Apollo and Daphne by J.M.W. Turner -
Valley of Aosta, Snowstorm, Avalanche, and Thunderstorm by J.M.W. Turner -
The Parting of Hero and Leander by J.M.W. Turner -
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Falcon by Edwin Landseer -
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Venus, Cupid and Mars by William Etty -
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The Coast of Normandy near Gonville by Clarkson Stanfield -
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Santa Maria della Salute, Venice by George Belton Moore -
Florizel and Perdita by Charles Robert Leslie -
Sketch for Charles II and Lady Bellenden by Charles Robert Leslie -
The Deluge by John Martin -
A Syrian Maid by Henry William Pickersgill -
The Toy Seller by William Mulready -
Brother and Sister by William Mulready -
Returning from the Fair by Thomas Webster -
The Wounded Heron by George Frederic Watts -
The Cottar's Saturday Night by David Wilkie -
Mary, Queen of Scots Leaving Lochleven Castle by Edward Daniel Leahy -
Clifton from the Overfall Dam by James Baker Pyne -
Glengarriff, County Cork by Thomas Creswick -
Portrait of Dash, the Artist's Dog by James Ward -
Portrait of the Duke of Wellington by Henry Perronet Briggs -
Portrait of Galbraith Lowry Cole by William Dyce -
Portrait of Edward Brace by Henry William Pickersgill -
Portrait of William Wallace Currie by Thomas Phillips -
Portrait of George Goodman by John Simpson -
Portrait of Pelham Warren by John Linnell -
Hylas Surprised by the Naiades by John Gibson -
Maternal Affection by Edward Hodges Baily
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References
[edit]- ^ https://chronicle250.com/1837
- ^ Bailey p.305
- ^ Hermann p.43
- ^ Tromans p.14
- ^ https://www.wattsgallery.org.uk/blog/object-in-focus-the-wounded-heron
See also
[edit]- Salon of 1837, a contemporary French exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris
Bibliography
[edit]- Bailey, Anthony. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own. Random House, 2012.
- Hamilton, James. Constable: A Portrait. Hachette UK, 2022.
- Hamilton, James. Turner - A Life. Sceptre, 1998.
- Hermann, Luke. Turner: Paintings, Watercolours, Prints & Drawings. University of California Press, 1975.
- Tromans, Nicholas. David Wilkie: The People's Painter. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.