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The
Royal Scottish Academy started to acquire its collection in 1831
when it decreed that all members, on reaching the status of Academician,
must deposit a Diploma Work. This should be a piece of work representative
of their output in the discipline of painting, sculpture or architecture.
Today the Diploma Collection contains 164 paintings, 27 sculpture
and 38 architectural drawings or models by Academicians past and
present.
Other facets of the RSA's art collections include : recent works
by recipients of RSA scholarships (e.g. John Kinross Scholarship,
Alastair Salvesen Trust); portraits of artists; copies of Old Masters;
twentieth century material bought through specific funds; and mixed
collections received through gifts and bequests. The largest single
bequest was that of William Gillies. Received in 1973, the collection
contains over a thousand paintings and drawings by this artist and
many others by his friends and contemporaries.
To
search through the RSA collection, please use the area on the
left.
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