The Royal Academy of Arts, or simply as the Royal Academy, is a fine arts institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London, England, founded in 1768 under the patronage of King George III. The objective of the academy was to elevate the fine arts through its instruction of budding, young artists. Although the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood detested the traditional art that was being taught at the Royal Academy, seeking instead to create art styles and techniques that broke this mould; in 1848, the Royal Academy was the first place that artwork by these innovative artists was first exhibited, under the name that they had given themselves.

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