摘要:Chelsea College of Art and Design 。
History
Polytechnic
The Chelsea College of Art and Design was originally an integral school of the South-Western Polytechnic, whichopened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895 to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. Day andevening classes for men and women were held in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, artand music. Art was taught from the beginning of the Polytechnic, and included design, weaving, embroidery andelectrodeposition. The South-Western Polytechnic became the Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922 and taught a growingnumber of registered students of the University of London.
At the beginning of the 1930s, the School of Art began to widen, including courses in craft training and commercialdesign from 1931. H.S Williamson, the school's appointed headmaster from 1930 to 1958, introduced sculptureshortly after World War II. Notable artists from this period were employed as teachers such as Henry Moore andGraham Sutherland. Alumni from this period included Elizabeth Frink, Edward Burra, Patrick Caulfield, Ethel Walker,Dirk Bogarde, Robert Clatworthy, John Latham and John Berger.
The School of Science separated and became known as the Chelsea College of Science and Technology in1957, and was later admitted as a constituent College of the University of London in 1966. The Chelsea College ofScience and Technology was granted its Royal Charter in 1971 and merged with King's College London and QueenElizabeth College in 1985.
Chelsea School of Art
The School of Art merged with the Hammersmith School of Art, founded by Francis Hawke, to form the ChelseaSchool of Art in 1908. The newly formed school was taken over by the London County Council and a new buildingerected at Lime Grove, which opened with an extended curriculum. A trade school for girls was erected on the samesite in 1914. The school acquired premises at Great Titchfield Street, and was jointly accommodated with QuintinHogg's Polytechnic in Regent Street. The campus at Manresa Road introduced painting and graphic design in 1963,with both disciplines being particularly successful. During this period, Chelsea had the highest enrollment of fine artstudents in any school of its kind in the country, producing many notable artists such as Ossip Zadkine, MarkGertler and Paul Nash.
