Royal Academy

American  

noun

1. a society founded in 1768 by George III of England for the establishment of a school of design and the holding of an annual exhibition of the works of living artists.

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Royal Academy British  

noun

1. Full name: Royal Academy of Arts.  a society founded by George III in 1768 to foster a national school of painting, sculpture, and design in England

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Example Sentences

The exhibition’s opening gallery, graced by the artists’ portraits and their diploma paintings for the Royal Academy, sets the stage for the brilliant dialogue that stretched throughout their careers.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jenkins was awarded a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 17.

From BBC

After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1964, she quickly found her footing as a working actor, appearing on the West End and becoming an associate artist at the Royal Shakespeare Company.

From The Wall Street Journal

While a student at the French Royal Academy in Rome, however, he absorbed the lessons of Italian Baroque masters, notably Guercino and Caravaggio.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Puryear absorbed Scandinavian principles of design while studying printmaking at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Stockholm.

From The Wall Street Journal