The American School of Design was an

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, whose alumni included

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illustrators

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and

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, and comic-book artists including

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History

The American School of Design was founded as the New York School of Design in New York City, New York, Abstract; full article requires subscription. in 1896. In 1935, it was located at 625 Fifth Avenue, Abstract; full article requires subscription. and by the following year had relocated to 625 Madison Avenue. Abstract; full article requires subscription. By 1942, it was located at 133 East 55th Street, under recently installed president Matlack Price. It remained in existence through at least the late 1940s. In addition to

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, the school also offered courses in

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and

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. In 1928, it inaugurated the Warren O. Van Brunt Scholarship, determined by a competition among high-school students. In 1937, the first prize was a two-year scholarship and the second a one-year scholarship, with two honorable mentions supplying half-tuition. Abstract; full article requires subscription. Its alumni included

illustrators

and

, and comic-book artists including

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'' (April 2003, p. 4, flipside "All the Way with MLJ!" section) It is unrelated to the New Bauhaus, American School of Design, in Chicago, Illinois.

References

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