Carmarthen School of Art

Other names: Carmarthen (later Dyfed) College of Art
Foundation date: 1854

Active: 1854 -

Function: Art school

Policy: Prospectus 1901-1902 session.

To give by arranged courses of study a thorough and practical knowledge of Drawing, Design, Painting, Modelling and Craft Work - Woodcarving, Embroidery, etc. Machine Drawing and Building Construction. Instruction will be given to teachers of Elementary and Secondary Schools who wish to qualify for Drawing certificates, the Art Class Teacher's Certificate, and Art Master's Certificate, and Students who wish to follow Art as a profession, or to compete for the Board of Education Art Scholarship.

History or description: Up to 1946 all teachers listed in prospectuses have been added because there is no indication of which staff taught which subjects.

William Jones, Master 1892-1920(Advanced South Kensington Certificates in Drawing and Painting, A.R.C.A.)
Mrs. Jones, Assistant 1901-1905
Miss M. Annie Jones, Assistant 1901-1931
E.W. Tristram, Pupil Teacher 1901
Miss Ethel Bowen, Pupil Teacher 1905
E.O. Jones, Pupil Teacher 1912-1913
Miss G.C. Evans, Student Teacher 1922-1931
Miss Audrey J. Smith (A.R.C.A.)
Assistant 1946-1947

Percy A. Wise, Principal 1921-1925
John C. Midgley (A.R.C.A.) Principal 1925-1931
P. Fripp, (A.R.C.A., F.R.P.S.) Principal 1939
Stanley Cornwell Lewis (A.R.C.A.) Principal 1946-1951

1901 - 1905
Day Classes (Monday and Thursdays 10-1. Saturdays 10.30-1. Afternoon 2.30-4.30. Fees, 12/6 and 7/6 per quarter)
(Advanced Section) Modelling in Clay and Wax. The Human Figure from Life. Antique Figure. Applied Design. Studies of Foliage etc.
(Elementary Section) Modelling...Modelling Ornament from the Cast. Instruction is also given in Wood Carving.
Evening Classes (Fees 5/- per quarter)
Class instruction in...Modelling in Clay: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7-8.30

1912-1913
Modelling - Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 7-9 (Fee 5s. per term)
Wood Carving - Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 7-9 (Fee 5s. per term)

1914-1915
Wood Carving - Wednesday and Friday 7-9 (Fee 5s)
Art Instruction in 'All Subjects' Monday-Saturday (not Thursday) including Modelling, Moulding and Casting

1921-1925
Specialised Courses for apprentices and others whose occupations are connected with art including; Builders and Architects and Monumental Masons.
Training as an Artist Course b) Sculptor
Examinations in Sculpture

1926-1931
Specialised Courses including;
Monumental Sculptor (Modelling, Drawing, Study of Ornament, Lettering)
Training as an Artist Course b) Sculptor
Examinations in Sculpture

1946-1947
Teachers in Modelling and Wood Carving
Department of Trade Courses included instruction in Stone Carving. Department of Design and Crafts included instruction in Wood Carving and Modelling.
Fees £1.15 full time day students. No fees charged to members of H.M. Forces

1950-1951
Full-Time Courses
Preliminary Course. Included instruction in Modelling
Also instruction in Casting

Activities: art classes, classes, classes in drawing, classes in life drawing , classes in modeling, classes in modeling from the life, classes in painting, classes in painting from the life, classes in woodcarving, exhibitions (open to non-members), exhibitions (members only), sketching excursions

Publications: reports

Benefits: eligible for awards, grants and prizes

Composition: amateur artists, amateurs

Funding types: fees

Employees, Students & Members

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Citing this record

'Carmarthen School of Art', 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/organization.php?id=msib1_1211211564, accessed 23 Sep 2023]

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