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It was formed to rival the Society of Artists after an unseemly leadership dispute between two leading architects, Sir William Chambers and James Paine ). Paine won, but Chambers vowed revenge and used his strong connections with the King to create a new artistic body, the Royal Academy, in 1768, formally launched the following year.
Its 40 founder members, all admitted on 10 December 1768, included a father/daughter combination ( George Michael Moser and Mary Moser) and two sets of brothers ( George Dance the Younger and Nathaniel Dance-Holland, and
Paul and Thomas Sandby).Sir Joshua Reynolds was its first president, and Benjamin West its second.
A Royal Academy summer exhibition is hosted at Burlington HouseBurlington House is a courtyard building off Picadilly in London. The main building houses the Royal Academy while five learned societies occupy the two wings on the east and west sides of the courtyard. These societies, collectively known as the Courtyar annually, which is an opportunity for unknown artists to have their work viewed by the public at this prestigious venue.
The Academy also runs a postgraduate art school and a research library.
The Royal Academy does not receive financial support from the state or crown.
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