The Layton School of Art was a

post-secondary Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...

school located in

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. Originally affiliated with the

Layton Art Gallery Layton or The Laytons may refer to: Places United States * Layton, Florida, a city * Layton, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Layton Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa * Layton, New Jersey, an unincorporated community * Layton, Pennsylv ...

, it was established by Charlotte Partridge and Miriam Frink in September 1920 in the basement of the building. It closed as a result of financial insolvency in 1974."Layton School: Its Birth, Its Life and the Twilight". ''The Milwaukee Journal'', March 10, 1974. At its closure, the school was regarded as one of the top five art schools in the

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and enjoyed a historical reputation for innovative methods in art education. A new campus was constructed on the east side of Milwaukee in 1951 at 1362 North Prospect Avenue. This building was razed as part of the construction Park East Freeway in 1970 and the school then moved to a new location at 4650 North Port Washington Road."Miss Partridge, Art Leader, Dies". ''The Milwaukee Journal'', February 26, 1975. Regarded as one of the most progressive art schools in the United States, Layton pioneered several movements in art education.

Notable members

Faculty

* Guido Brink * John Nicholson Colt *

Paul Faulkner Paul W. Faulkner (April 2, 1913 – January 5, 1997) was an American artist. Early life Born in North Platte, Nebraska, Faulkner received a bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska and a master's degree from the Chicago Art Institute ...

"Paul Faulkner-Was NFA art teacher". ''The Day'' (New London, Connecticut), January 6, 1997, p. B4. * Paula Gerard *

Knute Heldner Knute Heldner (1875 – November 5, 1952) was a Swedish-American artist. Biography Knute August Heldner was born in the village Vederslöv in Växjö Municipality, Kronoberg County, Sweden in 1875; some sources say 1877, or 1886 (also giving ...

* Joseph F. Hlavacek * Roger Ihlenfeldt * Myron Kozman *

Edmund Lewandowski Edmund Lewandowski (1914–1998) was an Americans, American Precisionism, Precisionist artist who was often exhibited in the Downtown Gallery alongside other artists such as Charles Sheeler, Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe, Ralston Crawford, Georg ...

Richard Lippold Richard Lippold (May 3, 1915 – August 22, 2002) was an American sculptor, known for his geometric constructions using wire as a medium. Life Lippold was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He studied at the University of Chicago, and graduated from ...

* Roland Poska *

Karl Priebe Karl J. Priebe (July 1, 1914 – July 5, 1976) was an American painter from Milwaukee, Wisconsin whose studies and paintings of birds, exotic animals, and African-American culture won him international recognition. Biography Priebe was born ...

Walter Sheffer Walter S. Sheffer (August 7, 1918 – July 14, 2002) was an American photographer and teacher, born in Youngsville, Pennsylvania. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1945 to work at the studio of John Platz, Milwaukee's main society photographer. ...

* Gerrit V. Sinclair * Noel J. Spangler * Robert Strobridge * Robert Von Newmann

Alumni

Larry Clark Lawrence Donald Clark (born January 19, 1943) is an American film director, photographer, writer and film producer who is best known for his controversial teen film ''Kids'' (1995) and his photography book ''Tulsa'' (1971). His work focuses prim ...

* Lois Ehlert *

Rosalie Ritz Rosalie Ritz (August 6, 1923 – April 18, 2008), born Rosalie Jane Mislove in Racine, Wisconsin, was an American journalist and courtroom artist who covered major United States trials in the 1960s through the 1990s. She worked with both CBS and A ...

* Roy Staab *

Tom Uttech Tom Uttech (born 1942) is an American landscape painter and photographer. His inspiration has come from travels to northern Minnesota and the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. Biography Born in Merrill, Wisconsin, Uttech received a BA from Lay ...

References

Sources

* Levy, HannahHeidi. ''Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects''. Badger Books Inc., 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:Layton School Of Art Education in Milwaukee Art schools in Wisconsin 1920 establishments in Wisconsin 1974 disestablishments in the United States