Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

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Ruskin School of Art
Location Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
51°45′09″N1°15′02″W / 51.75250°N 1.25056°W / 51.75250; -1.25056 Coordinates: 51°45′09″N1°15′02″W / 51.75250°N 1.25056°W / 51.75250; -1.25056
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The Ruskin School of Art, known as the Ruskin, is an art school at the University of Oxford, England. [1] It is part of Oxford's Humanities Division.

Art school educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts

An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on the visual arts, including fine art, especially illustration, painting, photography, sculpture, and graphic design. Art schools are institutions with elementary, secondary, post-secondary or undergraduate, or part of a broad-based range of programs. France's École des Beaux-Arts is, perhaps, the first model for such organized institution, breaking with a tradition of master and apprentice system when it was formed.

University of Oxford Collegiate research university in Oxford, England

The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the world's second-oldest university in continuous operation. It grew rapidly from 1167 when Henry II banned English students from attending the University of Paris. After disputes between students and Oxford townsfolk in 1209, some academics fled north-east to Cambridge where they established what became the University of Cambridge. The two 'ancient universities' are frequently jointly referred to as 'Oxbridge'. The history and influence of the University of Oxford has made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

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History

From 1865, there existed an Oxford School of Art at Oxford University, headed by Alexander Macdonald and housed in the University Galleries (subsequently the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology). [2]

When John Ruskin became Slade Professor of Fine Art at Oxford, he was critical about the teaching methods employed there and set out to reform them. To achieve this, he founded the Ruskin School of Drawing in 1871 to replace the older art school in the same, but restructured, premises and with the existing students. Macdonald was also retained as its head and became, therefore, the first Ruskin Master until his death in 1921. [2] [3] [4]

John Ruskin 19th-century English writer and art critic

John Ruskin was the leading English art critic of the Victorian era, as well as an art patron, draughtsman, watercolourist, a prominent social thinker and philanthropist. He wrote on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, myth, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy.

The Slade Professorship of Fine Art is the oldest professorship of art at the universities of Cambridge, Oxford and London.

It was renamed to Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art in 1945, and to Ruskin School of Art in 2014.

The Ruskin remained at the Ashmolean until 1975 when it moved to 74 High Street. It also occupies a further building at 128 Bullingdon Road, opened in 2015, and operates across both sites.

High Street, Oxford street in Oxford, England

The High Street in Oxford, England, runs between Carfax, generally recognised as the centre of the city, and Magdalen Bridge to the east.

The Slade School of Fine Art relocated to the Ruskin for the duration of the Second World War.

Slade School of Fine Art art school, part of University College London

The UCL Slade School of Fine Art is the art school of University College London (UCL) and is based in London, United Kingdom. It is world-renowned and is consistently 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.

Education

The School was originally founded to encourage artisanship and technical skills. It now provides undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in the production and study of visual art. The subject is taught as a living element of contemporary culture with a broad range of historical and theoretical references. [4]

Ruskin Masters

The school was traditionally headed by an appointed Ruskin Master. From 2002-2010, Richard Wentworth was the last to hold this position which, since then, remained vacant. [4]

Since 2017, the current Head of School is Professor Anthony Gardner. [4]

Previous Ruskin Masters were:

Alumni

For full list, see Category:Alumni of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art

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References

  1. ↑ Hibbert, Christopher, ed. (1988). "Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art". The Encyclopaedia of Oxford . Macmillan. p. 369. ISBN   0-333-39917-X.
  2. 1 2 Bodleian Library, Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art.
  3. ↑ Royal Academy, RA Collection: People and Organisations, Alexander MacDonald.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art". University of Oxford . Retrieved 21 August 2012.

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