Royal Academy Exhibition of 1920

The Royal Academy Exhibition of 1920 was the hundred and fifty second annual Summer Exhibition of the British Royal Academy of Arts which was held at Burlington House in London's Piccadilly from 3 May to 7 August 1920. It was the second to be held since the end of the First World War and the first of the Roaring Twenties, and attracted 167,000 visitors.https://chronicle250.com/1920#catalogue

It followed after an exhibition held at Burlington House The Nation's War Paintings, which had showcased the war art including some works by newer generation of artists. By contrast the subsequent Royal Academy exhibition was seen as a return to pre-war traditions and was described by The Guardian as "no change", although a major alteration was made in the way paintings were displayed by removing the top two lines of pictures.https://chronicle250.com/1920#catalogue The Irish artist William Orpen exhibited two pictures (A Peace Conference at the Quai d'Orsay and The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors) that had been commissioned by the Imperial War Museum to commemorate the Paris Peace Conference. Frank O. Salisbury's The National Peace Thanksgiving at St. Paul's was a large mural panel designed for the Royal Exchange, which was prominently displayed.https://chronicle250.com/1920#catalogue

Bernard Gribble's Scapa Flow, 21 June 1919 showed a scene from the Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow.https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/scapa-flow-21-june-1919-152123 Alfred Munnings produced Epsom Downs - City and Suburban Day which as acquired by the Chantrey Bequest.https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/munnings-epsom-downs-city-and-suburban-day-n03554 Mark Fisher and Adrian Scott Stokes both displayed their diploma works for their election as Royal Academicians. In portraiture James Jebusa Shannon showed a full-length depiction of Oswald Stoll the theatre impresario and controller of Stoll Pictures film company.

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Royal Academy Exhibition of 1920

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