List of officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

Officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

This is a list of the officers of the Royal Academy of Arts.

Presidents (PRA) PresidentServedJoshua Reynolds1768–1792Benjamin West1792–1805James Wyatt1805–1806Benjamin West1806–1820Thomas Lawrence1820–1830Martin Archer Shee1830–1850Charles Lock Eastlake1850–1865Francis Grant1866–1878Lord Leighton1878–1896John Everett MillaisFebruary–August 1896Edward Poynter1896–1918Aston Webb1919–1924Frank Dicksee1924–1928William Llewellyn1928–1938Edwin Lutyens1938–1944Alfred Munnings1944–1949Gerald Kelly1949–1954Albert Richardson1954–1956Charles Wheeler1956–1966Thomas Monnington1966–1976Hugh Casson1976–1984Roger de Grey1984–1993Philip Dowson1993–1999Phillip King 1999–2004Nicholas Grimshaw2004–2011Christopher Le Brun2011–2019Rebecca Salter2019–present

Keepers KeeperServedGeorge Michael Moser 10 Dec 1768 – 24 Jan 1783Agostino Carlini 3 Mar 1783 – 24 Sep 1790Joseph Wilton 24 Sep 1790 – 25 Nov 1803Henry Fuseli 24 Dec 1804 – 16 Apr 1825Henry Thomson 9 Jun 1825 – 10 Dec 1827William Hilton 10 Dec 1827 – 30 Dec 1839George Jones 3 Mar 1840 – 31 Dec 1850Charles Landseer 29 Mar 1851 – 6 May 1873Frederick Richard Pickersgill 10 Jul 1873 – 3 Aug 1887Philip Hermogenes Calderon 3 Aug 1887 – 30 Apr 1898Ernest Crofts 29 Sep 1898 – 19 Mar 1911Andrew Carrick Gow 8 Dec 1911 – 1 Feb 1920Charles Sims 18 Mar 1920 – 8 Nov 1926Walter Westley Russell 1 Oct 1927 – 31 Dec 1942Gerald Kelly 19 Jan 1943 – 11 Dec 1945Philip Connard 11 Dec 1945 – 31 Dec 1949Henry Rushbury 22 Apr 1949 – 30 Jun 1964Peter Greenham 30 Jun 1964 – 30 Sep 1985Edward Middleditch 1 Oct 1985 – 30 Sep 1986Norman Adams 1 Oct 1986 – 30 Sep 1995Leonard McComb 1 Oct 1995 – 21 May 1998Brendan Neiland 21 May 1998 – 28 Jul 2004Maurice Cockrill 28 Oct 2004 – 1 Oct 2011Eileen Cooper 1 Oct 2011 – 31 Aug 2017Rebecca Salter 1 Sep 2017 – 4 May 2020Cathie Pilkington 5 May 2020 – present

Treasurers TreasurerServedWilliam Chambers 10 Dec 1768 – 8 Mar 1796John Yenn 2 Apr 1796 – 8 Jun 1820Robert Smirke 8 Jun 1820 – 18 Jul 1850Philip Hardwick 18 Jul 1850 – 25 Mar 1861Sydney Smirke 25 Mar 1861 – 26 Feb 1874Edward Middleton Barry26 Feb 1874 – 27 Jan 1880George Edmund Street 19 Nov 1880 – 18 Dec 1881Richard Norman Shaw 8 Mar 1882 – 28 Mar 1882John Callcott Horsley 14 Jun 1882 – 17 Nov 1897Alfred Waterhouse 17 Nov 1897 – 5 Dec 1901Thomas Graham Jackson 5 Dec 1901 – 8 May 1912Aston Webb 8 May 1912 – 25 Apr 1919Frank Short 25 Apr 1919 – 5 Dec 1932Sydney Lee 5 Dec 1932 – 5 Dec 1940Edwin Cooper 5 Dec 1940 – 24 Jun 1942E. Vincent Harris 3 Dec 1942 – 7 Dec 1954Edward Maufe 7 Dec 1954 – 10 Dec 1958Louis de Soissons 10 Dec 1958 – 23 Sep 1962Basil Spence 11 Dec 1962 – 31 Oct 1964James Gunn 8 Dec 1964 – 30 Dec 1964Donald McMorran 20 Jan 1965 – 6 Aug 1965Marshall Sisson 7 Dec 1965 – 8 Dec 1970William Holford 8 Dec 1970 – 20 Oct 1975Hugh Casson 9 Dec 1975 – 29 Apr 1976Roger de Grey 29 Apr 1976 – 31 Dec 1984Philip Powell 1 Jan 1985 – 30 Sep 1995Michael Kenny 1 Oct 1995 – 28 Dec 1999Paul Huxley 30 Mar 2000 – 31 Aug 2014Chris Orr 12 Mar 2014 – 19 Mar 2018Chris Wilkinson 19 Mar 2018 – 31 October 2020Peter St John1 November 2020 – present

Secretary & Chief Executive SecretaryServedRef.Francis Milner Newton 10 Dec 1768 – 10 Dec 1788John Inigo Richards 10 Dec 1788 – 2 Mar 1810Henry Howard 11 Feb 1811 – 20 Jan 1847John Prescott Knight 23 Nov 1847 – 10 Jul 1873Frederick A. Eaton 10 Jul 1873 – 10 Sep 1913Walter Lamb 2 Dec 1913 – 31 Dec 1951Humphrey Brooke 1 Jan 1952 – 12 Jul 1968Sidney C. Hutchison 1 Oct 1968 – 31 Mar 1982Piers Rodgers 1 Apr 1982 – 30 Sep 1996David Gordon 1 Oct 1996 – 31 Jul 2002Lawton Fitt 21 Oct 2002 – 24 Mar 2005MaryAnne Stevens 1 Apr 2005 – 1 Sep 2007Charles Saumarez Smith 1 Sep 2007 – December 2018Axel RügerJune 2019 – 31 October 2024Natasha Mitchell 1 November 2024 – present

Honorary officers of the Royal Academy of Arts

Honorary Academician Extraordinary +Honorary Academician ExtraordinaryElectedNotesRef.Winston Churchill1948 – 1965

Honorary Fellows +Honorary FellowElectedNotesRef.David Attenborough10 December 1992Edward Fox9 December 1993Alan Bennett18 May 2000Pierre Rosenberg18 May 2000Quentin Blake24 May 2001Alfred Brendel2009A. S. Byatt2009Richard Cork2011Joseph Rykwert2011John Tusa2011Jeanette Winterson2011Svetlana Alpers2014Nicholas Hytner2014Peregrine Cavendish, 12th Duke of Devonshire9 March 2016Agnes Gund9 March 2016Marina Warner19 March 2018Tim Berners-Lee10 December 2019Zadie Smith11 September 2020Sarah Gilbert14 December 2021Hisham Matar14 December 2021Ngaire Woods2022

Honorary Members +Honorary MemberPositionElectedRef.James FentonAntiquarian of the Royal Academy2002 – presentSidney C. HutchisonAntiquarian of the Royal Academy1992 – 2000Lucy WinkettChaplain2010 – presentJohn BoardmanProfessor of Ancient History1989 – presentMary BeardProfessor of Ancient Literature2013 – presentCharles Saumarez SmithProfessor of Architectural History1 September 2019 – 31 August 2023Dawn AdèsProfessor of History of Art2008 – presentAlan MosesProfessor of Law2006 – presentPeter RickettsSecretary of Foreign Correspondence2018 – presentSimon RobertsonHonorary Corresponding Member2008 – presentScott MeadHonorary Corresponding Member2019 – present

Honorary Members ex officio An incomplete list of the ex officio members, by virtue of their holding of another office. +Honorary Member ex officioElectedPreferred mediaNotesRef.Dermod O'BrienPresident of the Royal Hibernian Academy1911 – 1945PaintingJoyce W. CairnsPresident of the Royal Scottish Academy2018 – presentDerek BalmerPresident of the Royal West of England Academy2003 – 2010

Honorary Archivists +Honorary ArchivistElectedNotesRef.Sidney C. Hutchison1982 – 2000

Honorary Curators +Honorary CuratorElectedNotesRef.Stephen Farthing1999 – presentDonald Hamilton Fraser1992 – 1999Lawrence Gowing1985 – 1991

Honorary Curators of Architecture +Honorary CuratorElectedNotesRef.Adrian Forty

Honorary Curators of Prints and Drawings +Honorary Curator of Prints and DrawingsElectedNotesRef.Andrew Wilton2003 – present

Honorary Surveyors +Honorary SurveyorElectedNotesRef.Roger Zogolovitch2015 – present

Other posts

Professors of the Royal Academy Schools Professor of PaintingServedNotesRef.Lubaina Himid2020 – presentMali Morris2019 – 2020Chantal Joffe2015 – 2019Fiona Rae2011 – 2015 Professor of ChemistryServedNotesRef.Bronwyn Ormsby2019 – present Eranda Professor of DrawingServedNotesRef.Alison Wilding1 October 2018 – presentDavid Remfry2016 – 19 March 2018Michael Landy2014 – 2016Tracey Emin2011 – 2013Ian McKeever2006 – 2011Gary Hume2004 – 2006Peter Blake2002 – 2004Christopher Le Brun2000 – 2002 The post was created in 2000, supported by the Eranda Rothschild Foundation. Professor of PerspectiveServedNotesRef.Fiona Banner2020 – presentHumphrey Ocean2012 – 2020J. M. W. Turner1807 – 1837 Professor of PrintmakingServedNotesRef.Norman Ackroyd1999 – 2000 Professor of SculptureServedNotesRef.Mike Nelson2019 – presentCathie Pilkington2015 – 2019Richard Wilson2011 – 2015David Mach2000 – 2007Bryan Kneale1985 – 1989Master of the Sculpture School 1982 – 1985

Residents Poet-in-ResidenceServedPele Cox 2 Sep 2011 – 2012

See also

References

External links Full list of Academicians RAs, Senior RAs, Honorary RAs, Honorary Fellows and Honorary Members