The Layton School of Art was a post-secondary school located in

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. Originally affiliated with the Layton Art Gallery, 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 Faulkner-Was NFA art teacher". ''The Day'' (New London, Connecticut), January 6, 1997, p. B4. *

Paula Gerard Paula Gerard (1907-1991) was an American art educator, administrator, and visual artist, whose primary work was in drawing, painting, and graphic arts. Gerard's artwork is included in the collections of major museums, including the Smithsonian ...

* Knute Heldner * Joseph F. Hlavacek * Roger Ihlenfeldt * Myron Kozman * Edmund Lewandowski *

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 *

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 The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

Robert Von Newmann The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

Alumni

* Larry Clark *

Lois Ehlert Lois Jane Ehlert (November 9, 1934 – May 25, 2021) was an American author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for ''Color Zoo'' in 1990. Some of her other popular works included '' ...

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 an ...

Roy Staab Roy Frank Staab (born 1941, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States) is an American artist. Early life Staab was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States on September 9, 1941, the son of Roy William Staab, an artist, painter, and advertising ...

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 ...

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