Bromsgrove School of Art
Active: 1895 -
Function: Art school
Policy: The School began to teach metal work classes in September 1901: see Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 18.
Institutional and Business Connections
Collaborated with Bromsgrove Guild
1898 (Circa)
The original idea for a Guild came from members of the Art School Committee and Walter Gilbert who was emploed as Headmaster of the Art School in 1898. When the Guild was established Gilbert negotiated with the Committee for use of the 'upper floor and half of the ground floor of their technical workshop in the Cresent, Bromsgrove'. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 11.
Shared premises with Lead Workshop (Bromsgrove Guild)
1899 (Circa) - 1901 (Circa)
The lead workshop was located in rooms rented from the School of Art in Cresent Street, before moving to Station Street in 1901. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 13 and p. 17.
Associated People
Assistant principals included Ernest Jeffries
1902 (Circa) - 1904 (Circa)
See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 18.
Members of committee included George Percy Bankart
September 1901 - December 1902
See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 18.
Principals included Walter Gilbert
23 February 1898 - December 1900
Appointed as Headmaster with a salary of £150 p.a. Ran the art and metal work departments and supervised work in iron and wood carving. Studied at the School under Benjamin Creswick. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 10. Gilbert resigned in December 1900 (see p. 17).
Principals included Amy Walford
December 1900 - 1905
Replaced Walter Gilbert as Head in December 1900. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 17, and Goodwin and Townshend, 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', p. 55.
Teachers included Amy Walford
1900 - 1926 (Presumed)
Employed by Walter Gilbert as an assistant teacher of 'studies and handicrafts'. See Townshend 'The Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts', in Watt 'The Bromsgrove Guild', (1999), p. 17. After retiring as Principal of the Art School, Walford continued to teach needlework evening classes. She died in 1926: see Goodwin and Townshend, 'The Workers at the Bromsgrove Guild', p. 55.
Citing this record
'Bromsgrove 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=msib4_1243514937, accessed 21 Mar 2023]
