The Glasgow School of Art: Modelling Classes
Start Date: 1845 (Circa)
Type: Art school class
Description: Classes in Modelling simple forms (natural and artificial), Antique details, drawing from the Antique, Anatomy, Designing and modelling ornamental forms, lectures on the history of architecture and Sculpture. Advanced Group only were permitted to to model the figure from life, the modelled figure in Architecture and Decoration, carving in stone and marble, pointing, etc.
In c.1933, the school of Modelling and Sculpture also included ceramics.
Policy: Modelling course was also geared to Designers, Carvers, Potters, Plasterers and Metal Workers. Split into three groups (elementary, intermediate and advanced).
Organizing Institution or Venue
Adjudicated by The Glasgow School of Art
1898
In this year 3 bronze medals, 3 national books, 2 prizes for sets of works and 6 free studentships were awarded.
Function of The Glasgow School of Art
1845 (Circa)
Participants
Adjudicated by John Mossman
1888
Examiner
Adjudicated by William McMillan
1928 - 1929
Examiner
Directed by Johan Keller
1898 - 1908
Directed by Archibald C. Dawson
1923 (Circa) - 1933 (Circa)
Head of Department for Modelling and Sculpture and Ceramics
Sources
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art 1868
1868
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art 1898
January 1898
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art 1908-9
1908
Report on the sculpture department for this year states that the new emphasis on the teaching of drawing has had a marked effect on production of objects.
Sculpture students were now receiving instruction in architectural drawing also.
It was also noted that the new accommodation at the school would greatly afford the sculpture department scope for greater 'progress and development', more so than any other department.
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy. 1878
December 1878
Annual Report of The Glasgow School of Art and Haldane Academy. 1888
January 1888
Prospectus of The Glasgow School of Art, Session 1905-06
1905
Prospectus of The Glasgow School of Art, Session 1933-34
1933
Three-year certificate course. Includes a option for two years specialisation in ceramics.
Citing this record
'The Glasgow School of Art: Modelling Classes', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib6_1221750765, accessed 30 Mar 2023]
