The Life Room at the Royal Academy

Johann Zoffany RA, The Academicians of the Royal Academy, 1771-72The Royal Collection © 2009, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

I was lucky enough to visit a friend at the Royal Academy Schools this week. As we wondered around she took us into the Life Drawing Room.  The schools are exciting anyway with huge sculptures from Masters seemingly lying around. I found it mesmerising. The life room though was for me something very special. The sense of history and tradition. The artists that had both studied and taught in that room made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

Here is a link to a post that describes the room in some detail with images of the casts