The Guild of Railway Artists (GRA) is a British

United Kingdom

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-based art

Art

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....

 guild

Guild

A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel, and a secret society...

 whose members are painters of railway subjects.

Membership can be applied for by submitting examples of one's work. "Friends" of the Guild are supporters of the guild who are not necessarily accomplished railway artists themselves. The Patrons of the Guild are Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet

Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet

Sir William Hepburn McAlpine, 6th Baronet , is a British millionaire businessman, a former director of the construction company Sir Robert McAlpine.-Biography:...

 and Pete Waterman

Pete Waterman

Peter Alan Waterman OBE is an English record producer, occasional songwriter, radio and club DJ, television presenter, president of Coventry Bears rugby league club and a keen railway enthusiast. As a member of the Stock Aitken Waterman songwriting team he wrote and produced many hit singles...

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Fellowship

Fellowship is conferred by the governing council. There have only been five fellows (who are entitled to use the post-nominals FGRA)

• John Austin
  John Austin (artist)
  - Bibliography:* Smoke, Steam & Light: The Railway Art of John Austin J H Haynes & Co Ltd ISBN 978-0857330208- External links :* http://www.johnaustingra.com/* http://www.railart.co.uk/gallery/austin.shtml...
  
  
• Terence Cuneo (died 1996)
• Philip D. Hawkins
  Philip D. Hawkins
  Philip D. Hawkins FGRA is a British railway painter. He was elected a Fellow of the Guild of Railway Artists in 1998.- Bibliography :* Tracks on Canvas ISBN 0860935388* Steam on Canvas Philip D. Hawkins FGRA is a British railway painter. He was elected a Fellow of the Guild of Railway Artists...
  
   (elected 1998)
• Malcolm Root
  Malcolm Root
  Malcolm Root FGRA is a British artist who concentrates on classic transport subjects.- Bibliography :* Malcolm Root's Transport Paintings Halsgrove ISBN 978-1841142210* Malcolm Root's Railway Paintings...
  
  
• David Shepherd
  David Shepherd (artist)
  Richard David Shepherd CBE FRSA FGRA is a British artist and one of the world's most outspoken conservationists. He is most famous for his paintings of wildlife, although he also often paints steam railways, aircraft and landscapes...