The UCL Slade School of Fine Art (informally The Slade) is the

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University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

(UCL) and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as a department of UCL's Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

History

The school traces its roots back to 1868 when lawyer and philanthropist

Felix Slade Felix Joseph Slade (6 August 1788 – 29 March 1868) was an English lawyer and collector of glass, books and prints. A fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1866) and a philanthropist who endowed three Slade Professorships of Fine Art at the ...

(1788–1868) bequeathed funds to establish three Chairs in

Fine Art In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwor ...

, to be based at Oxford University, Cambridge University and

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

, where six studentships were endowed. Distinguished past teachers include Henry Tonks, Wilson Steer,

Randolph Schwabe Randolph Schwabe (9 May 1885 – 19 September 1948) was a British draughtsman, painter and etcher who was the Slade Professor of Fine Art at University College London from 1930 until his death. He served as a war artist in both World Wars, crea ...

, William Coldstream, Andrew Forge,

Lucian Freud Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewis ...

, Phyllida Barlow, John Hilliard, Bruce McLean,

Alfred Gerrard Alfred Horace "Gerry" Gerrard RBS (7 May 1899 – 13 June 1998) was an English modernist sculptor. He was head of the sculpture department at the Slade School of Fine Art from 1925 and professor of sculpture there from 1949 to 1968, where he ...

Edward Allington Edward Thomas Allington (24 June 1951 – 21 September 2017) was a British artist and sculptor, best known for his part in the 1980s New British Sculpture movement. Born at Troutbeck Bridge, Westmorland, to Ralph Allington and his wife, Ev ...

was Professor of Fine Art and Head of Graduate Sculpture until his death in 2017. Two of its most important periods were immediately before, and immediately after, the turn of the twentieth century, described by Henry Tonks as its two 'crises of brilliance'. The first included the students

Augustus John Augustus Edwin John (4 January 1878 – 31 October 1961) was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sarg ...

William Orpen Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in ...

and Percy Wyndham Lewis; the second – which has been chronicled in David Boyd Haycock's ''A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War'' (Old Street Publishing, 2009) – included the students Dora Carrington, Mark Gertler, Paul Nash, C.R.W. Nevinson and

Stanley Spencer Sir Stanley Spencer, CBE Royal Academy of Arts, RA (30 June 1891 – 14 December 1959) was an English painter. Shortly after leaving the Slade School of Art, Spencer became well known for his paintings depicting Biblical scenes occurring as if ...

. Another cherished period followed the Second World War, under the directorship of William Coldstream, who brought in

to teach, and whose students included

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, Michael Andrews, and the filmmaker

Lorenza Mazzetti Lorenza Mazzetti (26 July 1927 – 4 January 2020) was an Italian film director, novelist, photographer and painter. Early life Mazzetti was born in Florence. Her mother, Olga Liberati, died shortly after giving birth to Lorenza and her twi ...

. Coldstream was responsible for the creation of th
Slade Film Department
the first in any British university, in 1960, with

Thorold Dickinson Thorold Barron Dickinson (16 November 1903 – 14 April 1984) was a British film director, screenwriter, film editor, film producer, and Britain's first university professor of film. Dickinson's work received much praise, with fellow direct ...

as chief lecturer. Filmmakers associated with the Slade Film Department include

Derek Jarman Michael Derek Elworthy Jarman (31 January 1942 – 19 February 1994) was an English artist, film maker, costume designer, stage designer, writer, gardener and gay rights activist. Biography Jarman was born at the Royal Victoria Nursing Hom ...

and Peter Whitehead.

Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art

The Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art (SCEMFA) was opened in 1995. The centre provides opportunities for research into

electronic media Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical means for the audience to access the content. This is in contrast to static media (mainly print media), which today are most often created digitally, but do not require ...

and fine art with the goal of contributing to debate on national and international levels. The Slade had previously been home to Malcolm Hughes's Computer and Experimental Department in the 1970s. In 1997 SCEMFA presented ''Collision'', a public lecture series by artists, writers, and curators working with

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, and digital works. This exhibition was followed by ''Spontaneous Reaction'', a week-long seminar funded by the Arts Council of England, which took a critical look at interactivity with participants from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, architecture, and

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. Throughout 1998, SCEMFA collaborated with Channel 4 UK to organise ''Cached'', a monthly event held at the

Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA ...

, London. Funded by the Arts Council, this series investigated the conceptual and practical issues of producing art for the internet through a series of artists presentations.

Art collection

The Slade art collection was started when the yearly prizes awarded to top students was combined with a collection scheme in 1897 and the Summer Composition Prize and the Figure and Head Painting Prizes began to be kept by the school.More about the UCL Art museum
on the BBC Your Paintings website Works by students and staff of the Slade School of Fine Art form the basis of the UCL Art museum today.

Rankings

In a 2008 survey conducted by ''

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'' the Slade recorded perfect scores.

Teaching

The faculty currently offers the following programs: Undergraduate studies * 3-year BFA in Fine Art * 4-year BA in Fine Art Graduate studies * 2-academic year (18 months) MFA in Fine Art * 2-calendar (24 months) MA in Fine Art * 1-term, 2-term, of 1-year Graduate Affiliate Study Research * MPhil or PhD in Fine Art

Notable alumni

::''Full list see :Alumni of the Slade School of Art'' * Elinor Proby Adams (1885–1945), painter * Mary Adshead (1904–1995), mural painter, designer * Anna Airy (1882–1964), artist * Rosemary Allan (1911–2008), painter * Kathleen Allen (1906–1983), painter *

(1951–2017), sculptor * Michael Andrews (1928–1995), painter * Irene Aronson (born 1918), painter and printmaker * Sue Arrowsmith (1950–2014), photographic artist * Ed Atkins (born 1982), artist * Ray Atkins (born 1937), painter * Joan Ayling (1907–1993), painter * Zainul Abedin (1914－1976), painter * Ethelwyn Baker (1899–1988), sculptor * Phyllis Barron (1890–1964), textile designer * Alvaro Barrington (born 1983), artist * James Bateman (1893–1959), painter * Amelia Bauerle (1873–1916), painter and illustrator *

Pauline Baynes Pauline Diana Baynes (9 September 1922 – 1 August 2008) was an English illustrator, author and commercial artist. She contributed drawings and paintings to more than 200 books, mostly in the children's genre. She was the first illustrat ...

(1922–2008), illustrator * Tessa Beaver (1932–2018), painter and illustrator * Roy Beddington (1910–1995), painter, illustrator, and writer *

Elinor Bellingham-Smith Elinor Bellingham-Smith (28 December 1906 – 4 November 1988) was a British painter of landscapes and still life. Her paintings are in the collections of Tate, Museums Sheffield, the Government Art Collection, Arts Council Collection and other ...

(1906–1988), painter * Eleanor Best (1875–1957), painter * Zelma Blakely (1921–1978), illustrator *

David Bomberg David Garshen Bomberg (5 December 1890 – 19 August 1957) was a British painter, and one of the Whitechapel Boys. Bomberg was one of the most audacious of the exceptional generation of artists who studied at the Slade School of Art under Henry ...

(1890–1957), painter * Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford (1897–1986), painter * Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley (born 1995), artist * Phyllis Bray (1911–1991), painter and muralist *

Raymond Briggs Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story ...

(born 1934), illustrator, graphic novelist *

Cecily Brown Cecily Brown (born 1969) is a British painter. Her style displays the influence of a variety of contemporary painters, from Willem de Kooning, Francis BaconScott, Sue (2013). "Cecily Brown" in ''The Reckoning: Women Artists of the New Millennium ...

(born 1969), painter * Sheila Bownas (1925–2007), textile designer and botanical illustrator * Felicia Browne (1904–1936), painter and

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volunteer * Rodney Joseph Burn (1899–1984), painter * Dorothy Burroughes (1883–1963), illustrator * William Bustard (1894–1973), stained glass artist * Dorothy A. Cadman (fl. 1908–1927), painter * Martin John Callanan (born 1982), artist, current teaching staff * Gina Calleja (1928 – 2017), author and illustrator * Nancy Carline (1909–2004), artist *

Sydney Carline Sydney William Carline (14 August 1888 – 14 February 1929) was a British artist and teacher known for his depictions of aerial combat painted during World War One. Biography Early life Sydney Carline was born in London, the son of the a ...

(1888–1929), artist * Thomas Carr (1909–1999), artist *

Ethel Carrick Ethel Carrick, later Ethel Carrick Fox (7 February 1872 – 17 June 1952) was an English Impressionist and Post-Impressionist painter. Much of her career was spent in France and in Australia, where she was associated with the movement known as ...

(1872–1951), painter * Dora Carrington (1893–1932), artist * Chien-Ying Chang (1913–2004), artist * Daphne Charlton (1909–1991), painter * Evan Charlton (1904–1984), painter *

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(1874–1936), writer * Evelyn Cheston (1875–1929), painter * Spartacus Chetwynd (born 1973), artist, Turner Prize nominee * Derek Chittock (1922–1986), portrait painter * Dora Clarke (1895–1989), sculptor * Edna Clarke Hall (1879-1979), painter * Dorothy Coke (1897–1979), painter * Sir William Coldstream (1908–1987), painter * Professor Paul Coldwell (born 1952), artist * Ruth Collet (1909–2001), painter * John Collier (1850–1934), artist * Marian Collier (1859–1887), painter * Susan Alexis Collins (born 1964), artist, current Slade Director & Professor * Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988), painter and writer * William George Constable (1887–1976), art historian * Teresa Copnall (1882–1972), painter * Matt Copson (born 1992), artist * Frank Barrington Craig (1902–1951), painter and teacher * Martin Creed (born 1968), artist * Dennis Creffield (1931–2018), painter * Barbara Crocker (1910–1995), artist, author * Claudia Cuesta, artist * Charles Cundall (1890–1971), painter * Nora Cundell (1889–1948), painter * Esmé Currey (1881–1973), painter, etcher * Yitzhak Danziger (1916–1977), sculptor * Tacita Dean (born 1965), * Alison Debenham (1903–1967) *

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(1885–1919) *

Angela Delevingne Angela Margo Hamar Delevingne (''née'' Greenwood; 8 July 1912 – 30 December 2014) was an English aristocrat and socialite. The daughter of Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood, she was a prominent debutante in the late 1920s and was presen ...

* Brigid Derham (1943–1980), painter * Anthony Devas (1911–1958), portrait painter * Sir William Dobell (1899–1970), portrait painter * Barbara Dorf (1933–2016), painter * Sholto Johnstone Douglas (1871–1958), artist * Jane Dowling (born 1925), painter * William Dring (1904–1990), portrait painter * William Easton, artist * Ursula Edgcumbe (1900–1985), sculptor * Ibrahim El-Salahi (born 1930), painter * Florence Engelbach (1872–1951), painter * Grace English (1891–1956), painter *

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(1921–1994), artist * Jadé Fadojutimi (born 1993), artist * Leila Faithfull (1896–1994), painter * Julia Farrer (born 1950), artist *

Robert Fawcett Robert Fawcett (1903–1967) was an English artist. He was trained as a fine artist but achieved fame as an illustrator of books and magazines. Born in England, he grew up in Canada and later in New York. His father, an amateur artist, encoura ...

(1903–1967), illustrator * Daphne Fedarb (1912–1992), painter * Paul Feiler (1918–2013), artist * Elsie Few (1909–1980), artist * Philip Firsov (born 1985), artist and sculptor * Myrta Fisher (1917–1999), painter * Mary Sargant Florence (1857–1954), painter * Caroline Sylvia Gabriel (1912–1997), artist * Nicholas Garland (born 1935), political cartoonist * Raimi Gbadamosi (born 1965), neo-conceptual artist *

(1899–1998), sculptor * Kaff Gerrard (1894–1970), painter and potter * Mark Gertler (1891–1939), artist * A.A. Gill (1954–2016), journalist *

Colin Gill Colin Unwin Gill (12 May 1892 – 16 November 1940) was an English artist who painted murals and portraits and is most notable for the work he produced as a war artist during the First World War. Biography Early life Colin Gill was born at ...

(1892–1940), painter * Elsie Gledstanes (1893–1972), painter * Dryden Goodwin (born 1971), artist, current teaching staff * Douglas Gordon (born 1966), artist *

Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; '' Another Pl ...

(born 1950), sculptor * Harold Gosney (born 1937), artist and sculptor * Caroline Gotch (1854–1945), painter * Carmen Gracia (born 1935), printmaker *

Duncan Grant Duncan James Corrowr Grant (21 January 1885 – 8 May 1978) was a British painter and designer of textiles, pottery, theatre sets and costumes. He was a member of the Bloomsbury Group. His father was Bartle Grant, a "poverty-stricken" major i ...

(1885–1978), painter and designer * Eileen Gray (1898–1976), designer and architect * Barbara Greg (1900–1983), wood engraver * Gwenny Griffiths (1867–1953), portrait painter * Oona Grimes (born 1957), artist * Vaughan Grylls (born 1943), artist *

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(1902–1971), painter * Kathleen Guthrie (1906–1981), painter * Edna Guy (1907–1982), marine artist * Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), painter and collage artist * Archibald Standish Hartrick (1864–1950), artist and illustrator * Lucy Harwood (1893–1972), artist * Mona Hatoum (born 1952), artist * Francis Helps (1890–1972), artist * Elsie Henderson (1880–1967), painter and sculptor * Keith Henderson (1883–1982), artist and illustrator * Nigel Henderson (1917–1985), artist *

Patrick Heron Patrick Heron (30 January 1920 – 20 March 1999) was a British abstract and figurative artist, critic, writer, and polemicist, who lived in Zennor, Cornwall. Heron was recognised as one of the leading painters of his generation. Influenced ...

(1920–1999), abstract painter * Cicely Hey (1896–1980), painter and sculptor * Ian Holbourn (1872–1935), artist, educator, laird of Foula, writer, and RMS ''Lusitania'' survivor * Ruth Hollingsworth (1880–1945), painter * Annie Horniman (1860–1937), theatre owner and manager * Nancy Horrocks (1900–1989), abstract artist * Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996), artist * Edgar Hubert (1906–1985), painter * Georgina Hunt (1922–2012), abstract artist *

Sidney Hunt Sidney Hunt (1896–1940) was a British draughtsman, painter, poet and editor who published the avant-garde journal '' Ray'' between 1926 and 1927. Life Sidney James Hunt was born in 1896 and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Duri ...

(1896–1940), artist and designer *

Paul Huson Paul Huson (born 19 September 1942) is a British author and artist currently living in the United States. In addition to writing several books about occultism and witchcraft he has worked extensively in the film and television industries. Earl ...

(born 1942), writer and designer * George Percy Jacomb-Hood (1857–1929), artist * Darsie Japp (1883–1973), artist *

(1942–1994), artist *

(1878–1961), artist *

Gwen John Gwendolen Mary John (22 June 1876 – 18 September 1939) was a Welsh artist who worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. Although s ...

(1876-1939), artist * Vivien John (1915–1994), artist * Arnrid Johnston (1895-1972), sculptor, illustrator * Alfred Garth Jones (1872–1955), illustrator * Karin Jonzen (1914–1998), sculptor *

Gerry Judah Gerry Judah FRSS is a British artist and designer who has created settings for theatre, film, television, museums and public spaces. Early life Gerry Judah's maternal and paternal grandparents came from Baghdad to settle in the already es ...

(born 1951), artist and designer * Menashe Kadishman (1932–2015), Israeli sculptor and painter * Helen Kapp (1901–1978), artist and curator * Dorothy King (1907–1990), painter and curator * Eve Kirk (1900–1969), painter * Myfanwy Kitchin (1917–2002), painter, ceramicist * Robert Koenig (born 1951), sculptor * Clara Klinghoffer (1900–1970), artist * Paul Kneale (born 1986), artist *

Winifred Knights Winifred Margaret Knights (5 June 1899–7 February 1947) was a British painter. Amongst her most notable works are ''The Marriage at Cana'' produced for the British School at Rome, which is now in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and ...

(1899–1947), painter * Kanayi Kunhiraman (born 1937), sculptor * Sir Osbert Lancaster (1908–1986), cartoonist *

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(1912–2001), painter, illustrator and designer * Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot (1886–1911), painter * Peter Kennard (born 1949), artist *

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(1887–1879), ceramic artist, "Father of British studio pottery" * Edith Lawrence (1890–1973), artist *

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(1937–1997), sculptor * Zhi Lin, artist * Nicholas Logsdail (born 1945), art dealer * John Long (1964–2016), painter and teacher * Lowes Dalbiac Luard (1872–1944), painter * John Luke (1906–1975), painter and sculptor * John Lundberg (born 1968), artist and filmmaker * Sine MacKinnon (1901–1996), painter * Nicolette Macnamara (1911–1987), artist and author * John Mansbridge (1901–1981), painter and World War II official war artist *

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(1868–1927), artist, revolutionary nationalist, suffragette, socialist * Ellis Martin (1881–1977), map cover illustrator for

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* John Mascaro (born 1970), artist * Moina Mathers (1865–1928), artist and occultist * Mary McEvoy (1870–1941), painter * Dorothy Mead (1928–1975), painter * Robert Medley (1905–1994), painter and designer * Elizabeth Merriman (born 1963), painter * Oliver Messel (1904–1978), stage designer * Robert Micklewright (1923–2013), artist and illustrator * Mother Maribel of Wantage (1887–1970), artist and sculptor * Daniel Mulloy (born 1977), film writer and director * Donia Nachshen (1903–1987), illustrator * Paul Nash (1889–1946), painter * Gemma Nelson (born 1984), painter * C.R.W. Nevinson (1889–1946), artist * Bertha Newcombe (1857–1947), artist and illustrator *

Ben Nicholson Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscape and still-life. Background and training Nicholson was born on 10 April 1894 in Den ...

(1894–1982), abstract painter * Philip Norman (1842–1931), artist and antiquarian * Alanna O'Kelly (born 1955), Irish performance artist * Madge Oliver (1874–1924), painter * Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005), artist * Kathleen Parbury (1901–1986), sculptor * Katie Paterson (born 1981), artist * Eddie Peake (born 1981), artist * Margot Perryman (born 1938), painter * Louise Pickard (1865–1928), painter * Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany (1939–2011), painter and sculptor * Mary Potter (1900–1981), painter * Sarah Pucill, film artist * Margaret Fisher Prout (1875–1963), painter *

Carl Randall Carl Randall (born 1975) is a British figurative painter, whose work is based on images of modern Japan and London. Education Randall is a graduate of The Slade School of Fine Art London (BA Fine Art), the Royal Drawing School London (The D ...

(born 1975), painter *

(1935-2022), painter, illustrator and printmaker * Harold Riley (born 1934), artist * William Roberts (1895–1980), painter * Claude Rogers (1907–1979), artist * Rosemary Rutherford (1912–1972), painter and stained glass artist * Ethel Jenner Rosenberg (1858–1930), first English Bahá'í * Isaac Rosenberg (1890–1918), war poet *

Paul Rotha Paul Rotha (3 June 1907 – 7 March 1984) was a British documentary film-maker, film historian and critic. Early life and education He was born Paul Thompson in London, and educated at Highgate School and at the Slade School of Fine Art. Career ...

(1907–1984), documentary film-maker, film historian and critic * Hiraki Sawa (born 1977), filmmaker and artist * James Scott (born 1941), filmmaker and artist * Melissa Scott-Miller (1959-), painter * Ina Maud Sheldon-Williams (1876–1956), painter * Rupert Shephard (1909–1992), artist * Edith Simon (1917–2003), artist, sculptor, author * Marianna Simnett (born 1986), artist * Veronica Smirnoff (born 1979), painter * Sir Matthew Smith (1879–1959), painter *

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(1927–2008), painter and theatre designer * Walter Shaw Sparrow (1862–1940), writer * Yolanda Sonnabend (1935–2015), theatre and ballet designer and painter * Sir Stanley Spencer (1891–1959), artist * Unity Spencer (1930–2017), artist * Andrew Stahl (born 1954), painter * Leo Steinberg (1920–2011), art historian * John Stezaker (born 1949), artist *

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(1933–2017), playwright, screenwriter, novelist * Keith Sutton (1934–2017), artist and critic * Ernest Heber Thompson (1891–1971), painter and printmaker * William Tillyer (born 1938), artist * Arthur Ralph Middleton Todd (1891–1966), portrait painter * Greta Tomlinson (1927–2021), artist *

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(1932–2000), painter * David Vaughan (1944–2003), psychedelic artist * Charlotte Verity (born 1954), painter * Stelios Votsis (1929–2012), painter *

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(1889–1949), artist *

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(1913–2006), sculptor * Edith Grace Wheatley (1888–1970), painter *

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(1905–1944), painter, designer, and illustrator * Erica White (1904–1991), sculptor *

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(born 1963), artist *

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(born 1992), singer–songwriter * Nan Youngman (1906–1995), painter and educationalist * Partou Zia (1958–2008), painter and writer * Cecilia Vicuña (born 1948), poet and artist * Christopher Le Brun (born 1951), artist * Anupam Sud (born 1944), Indian printmaker

In fiction

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in ''

Life Class A figure drawing is a drawing of the human form in any of its various shapes and postures using any of the drawing media. The term can also refer to the act of producing such a drawing. The degree of representation may range from highly detailed, ...

'' and '' Toby's Room'' * Gilbert Cannan in ''Mendel'' * Frances Cary in '' Third Girl'' * Barbary Deniston in '' The World My Wilderness'' * Miranda Grey in '' The Collector'' * Imogen Hollins in '' Doctors'' *

Molly MacDonald Molly, Mollie or mollies may refer to: Animals * ''Poecilia'', a genus of fishes ** '' Poecilia sphenops'', a fish species * A female mule (horse–donkey hybrid) People * Molly (name) or Mollie, a female given name, including a list of person ...

in '' Monarch of the Glen'' * David Thompson in '' Beyond This Horizon''

References

External links

Slade Knowledge Base - extensive collection of studio teaching materials available online under Creative CommonsSlade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine ArtSlade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art Timeline of key events
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