School of Art, Wolverhampton
Foundation date: 1851
Dissolution date: 1854
Function: Art school
Policy: The first small art school operated in Castle Street, Wolverhampton from 1851 until funding was found for a new school in Darlington Street, which opened in 1854. See Jones, 'Historical Sketch', (1897), p. 147.
The 'College of Art Prospectus', 1950-1951, 'Foreword' describes the history of the School of Art as follows: 'The original Wolverhampton School of Art was opened in 1851 at Castle Street as an indirect result of the Great Exhibition of that year. The standard of foreign exhibits at the Exhibition had revealed that the design of many of our own manufactured articles was very poor and men of foresight in the more progressive industrial areas of the country set about correcting this situation by the establishment of Schools of Art and Design'. See p. 3.
Activities: art classes
Institutional and Business Connections
Forerunner of Government School of Practical Art, Wolverhampton
The first small art school operated in Castle Street from 1851 until funding was found for a new school in Darlington Street, Wolverhampton, which opened in 1854. See Jones, 'Historical Sketch', (1897), p. 147.
Associated People
Principals included Chittenden
1851 - 1854 (Presumed)
Jones notes that Chittenden was appointed 'art master' at the end of the year 1851. See Jones, 'Historical Sketch', (1897), p. 147.
Citing this record
'School of Art, Wolverhampton', 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_1242308511, accessed 03 Oct 2023]
