Royal Academy Exhibition of 1903

Lewis Waller as Monsieur Beaucaire by John Collier

The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1903 was the hundred and thirty fifth annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts which was held at Burlington House in London's Piccadilly from 4 May to 3 August 1903. It feature submissions from prominent painters, sculptors and architects of the Edwardian Era. Edward Poynter presided as President of the Royal Academy. It drew more than a quarter of a million visitors during its three months run. [1]

John Collier displayed Lewis Waller as Monsieur Beaucaire, a portrait of the popular stage star in one of his best-known roles.[2] In addition Collier exhibited The Prodigal Daughter, a genre painting with an ambiguous subject matter. [3] John William Waterhouse's Echo and Narcissus was inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses.

John Singer Sargent displayed six portraits featuring figures from High society. Amongst those who featured was the aristocrat Lady Evelyn Cavendish as well as Mary Chamberlain, the wife of the politician Joseph Chamberlain and stepmother of the future Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.[4]

Ernest Crofts exhibited a depiction of the State Funeral of Queen Victoria in 1901 as the process passed through central London.[5]


References

Bibliography

  • Lomax, James & Ormond, Richard. John Singer Sargent and the Edwardian Age. Leeds Art Galleries, 1979.
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