School of Modelling and Sculpture
Foundation date: 1940
Active: 1940 - 1952
Function: Art school courses
Policy: The School of Modelling and Sculpture is first listed in the 1940-41 School Prospectus which describes courses as having 'been arranged in such a manner that, whilst paying due regard to historical tradition and practice, every oppertunity is afforded to students of developing individual talent through the direction of attention to modern requirements and methods of production' [summary]. Classes were provided in metal founding, wrought metal work, wood carving, stone carving, marble carving, pottery, plastics and letter cutting. Day and evening classes were offered. A weekly lecture was provided by the principal in the 'History and Methods of Sculpture'. In the 1951-1952 prospectus courses modelling and sculpture, stone and marble letter cutting and wood, stone and marble carving were all offered to students along with weekly lectures on the history and methods of sculpture and studio and workshop methods [summary].
Exhibitions, Courses, Meetings and other Events
Organized Lecture series in the History and Methods of Sculpture (City of Nottingham College of Arts and Crafts), 1940-1941
1940 - 1941 (Presumed)
Institutional and Business Connections
Employed by Nottingham School of Art
1940 - 1941 (Presumed)
Part of the Nottingham School of Art.
Associated People
Assistant teachers included Audrey Freakley
1945 - 1952 (Presumed)
It is important to note that the 1949-1950 prospectus includes a timetable of classes for the School of Modelling and Sculpture which reveals that Freakley taught the large majority of the day and evening sculpture classes in this year. In 1951-1952 he taught all of the classes related to sculpture and modelling.
Assistant teachers of modeling included E. Dearing
1940 - 1941 (Presumed)
Listed as assistant teacher of the school.
Assistant teachers of modeling included Louis Charles Collier
1943 - 1945
Assistant teachers of modeling included Maureen Curtis
1946 - 1948 (Presumed)
Listed as an assistant teacher in the School of Modelling and Sculpture.
Assistant teachers of modeling included Nancy Vickerstaff
1946 - 1947 (Presumed)
Assistant teachers of modeling included G.G. Palmer
1949 - 1950 (Presumed)
Assistant teachers of modeling included W. Payne
1949 - 1950 (Presumed)
Principals included Alfred H. Rodway
1940 - 1952 (Presumed)
It is important to note that although Rodway was principal of the School the 1949-1950 and 1951-1952 prospectuses include timetables of classes for the School of Modelling and Sculpture which reveals that A. Freakley (listed as an assistant teacher for the school) taught the large majority of the day and evening sculpture classes in this years rather than Rodway.
Sources
College of Arts and Crafts Birmingham. Prospectus 1950-51 College of Art and Branch Schools
1950
pp. 28-29.
Citing this record
'School of Modelling and Sculpture', 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=msib4_1226657301, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
