The Westminster School of Art was an

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, London.

History

The Westminster School of Art was located at 18 Tufton Street, Deans Yard, Westminster, and was part of the old Royal Architectural Museum. H. M. Bateman described it in 1903 as:

"... arranged on four floors with galleries running round a big square courtyard, the whole being covered over with a big glass roof. Off the galleries were the various rooms which made up the school, the galleries themselves being filled with specimens of architecture which gave the whole place the air of a museum, which of course it was."

In 1904 the art school moved and merged with the Westminster Technical Institute, in a two-story building on Westminster's Vincent Square, established by the philanthropy of

Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (21 April 1814 – 30 December 1906), born Angela Georgina Burdett, was a British philanthropist, the daughter of Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet and Sophia, formerly Coutts, daught ...

in 1893.

People associated with the School

Academics and teachers

* Adrian Allinson, art teacher (c. 1947) *

Walter Bayes Walter John Bayes (31 May 1869 – 21 January 1956) was an English painter and illustrator who was a founder member of both the Camden Town Group and the London Group and also a renowned art teacher and critic. Biography Early life Bayes was ...

* Professor Frederick Brown, headmaster (1877–1892) * Mark Gertler * Harold Gilman * Nina Hamnett, art teacher (1917–1918) * Richard Arthur Ledward *

Bernard Meninsky Bernard Meninsky (25 July 1891–12 February 1950) was a painter of figures and landscapes in oils, watercolour and gouache, a draughtsman and a teacher.. Biography Early life and education Meninsky was born in Konotop, Ukraine, where his fath ...

Mervyn Peake Mervyn Laurence Peake (9 July 1911 – 17 November 1968) was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is best known for what are usually referred to as the '' Gormenghast'' books. The four works were part of what Peake conceived ...

* Eric Schilsky *

Walter Sickert Walter Richard Sickert (31 May 1860 – 22 January 1942) was a German-born British painter and printmaker who was a member of the Camden Town Group of Post-Impressionist artists in early 20th-century London. He was an important influence on d ...

* Hilary Stratton, Sculpture (1931–39) * Christopher J. Yorath, lecturing engineer (1908–09)

Alumni

* Clare Atwood *

Mary Audsley Mary C. Audsley (1919-2008) was a British painter and sculptor. Biography Audsley was born at Eton in Berkshire. Audsley studied at the Westminster School of Art between 1934 and 1938, where she was taught by Eric Schilsky, Mark Gertler and B ...

J M Balliol Salmon Arthur John Balliol Salmon (1868 – 1953) was a British artist particularly noted for his illustrations and his work in pencil, chalk and pastels. He was one of the twenty leading illustrators selected by Percy V. Bradshaw for inclusion in his ...

Harry Barr Harry Barr (1896-1987) was a painter. He produced a large body of work, the majority in watercolour. Biography Barr was born in London. He studied at the Westminster School of Art where he was taught by the artist Walter Sickert and earned h ...

* H. M. Bateman *

Aubrey Beardsley Aubrey Vincent Beardsley (21 August 187216 March 1898) was an English illustrator and author. His black ink drawings were influenced by Japanese woodcuts, and depicted the grotesque, the decadent, and the erotic. He was a leading figure in the ...

* Jean Bellette * Robert Polhill Bevan *

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 Henr ...

* Wendela Boreel * Denise Broadley * Theo Brown *

Irene Mary Browne Irene Mary F.C. Browne (14 September 1881 – 27 June 1977) was a British artist known for her sculptures and pottery. Biography Browne was born in Fulham in London in September 1881. She attended the Croydon School of Art and the Westminster ...

* Stella Bowen * Alfred Brumwell Thomas * Henry Charles Brewer * Emily Carr * Frances Crawshaw * John Craxton * Ruth Doggett * Florence Engelbach * Nora England * Jeffery Farnol, author * Daphne Fedarb * Elizabeth Bertha Fraser * Diana Gardner * James Gardner, designer (c. 1923) * Margaret Geddes *

Eric Gill Arthur Eric Rowton Gill, (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer, and printmaker. Although the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' describes Gill as ″the greatest artist-cra ...

, stonemasonry student (c. 1901) * Sylvia Gosse * Duncan Grant *

Barbara Greg Barbara Greg (30 April 1900 – 1983) was a British artist who illustrated a number of books. Biography Greg was born in Styal in Cheshire and was educated at Bedales School. She studied at the Slade School of Art in London between 1919 and ...

* Richard Hamilton * Weaver Hawkins * Paul Haefliger *

Evie Hone Eva Sydney Hone RHA (22 April 1894 – 13 March 1955), usually known as Evie, was an Irish painter and stained glass artist.Nicola Gordon Bowe (May 2009)Hone, Eva Sydney (1894–1955) ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', online edit ...

* Mainie Jellett * David Jones *

John Luke John Luke may refer to: * John A. Luke Jr., chief executive officer of MeadWestvaco * John Luke (artist) John Luke (19 January 1906 – 4 February 1975) was an Irish artist. He was born in Belfast at 4 Lewis Street. The fifth of seven sons an ...

Dugald Sutherland MacColl Dugald Sutherland MacColl (10 March 1859 – 21 December 1948) was a Scottish watercolour painter, art critic, lecturer and writer. He was keeper of the Tate Gallery for five years. Life MacColl was born in Glasgow and educated at the U ...

Rose Mead Emma Rose Mead (4 December 1867 – late March 1946) was a British born portrait painter who exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition and was a colleague of Augustus John. Mead was a prolific artist who worked in various fields – ...

* John Mennie * Elizabeth Polunin * Norman Mills Price *

Alfred William Rich Alfred William Rich (4 March 1856 – 7 September 1921) was an English artist, teacher and author. Life and work Rich was born between Scaynes Hill and Lindfield in Sussex. His study of art began at the age of eight, as a self-taught stude ...

* Michael Sherard, fashion designer * Marjorie Sherlock *

Sam Smith Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. After rising to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, they ...

, toy-maker * Barbara Austin Taylor * Robert Tollast * Christopher Tunnard, landscape architect (1932) * Dame Ethel Walker *

John Millar Watt John Millar Watt (14 October 1895 – 13 December 1975) was a British painter, illustrator and comics artist who created the comic strip ''Pop''. Early life Born in Greenock on the River Clyde, Scotland, the son of James H. Watt, an engineer, an ...

* Clifford Webb * Victor Winding

References

* Anderson, Anthony, ''The Man who was H. M. Bateman'', Webb & Bower (Exeter, England, 1982)
The Art of War — Artists

Fine Art — Richard Hamilton

* ttp://www.lissfineart.com/portfolios/webb.htm Liss Fine Art Portfolio — Clifford Webb

References

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