Glasgow School of Art
| Glasgow School of Art | |
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| founding | 1845 |
| place |
Glasgow United Kingdom
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| Director | Irene McAra-McWilliam |
| Students | 1600 |
| Website | [1] |
The Glasgow School of Art (GSA) is an art school founded in Glasgow in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design . In the 1870s, the well-known artist group Glasgow School was formed here .
The building was constructed between 1897 and 1909 according to plans by the Scottish Art Nouveau architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh . It is considered a "beacon of architecture of the 20th century", since its shape is already decisively determined by construction and function, decorative details only play a secondary role. The northern front dominated the windows for the light of the studios, which were unusually large for the time. The building was badly damaged in a fire in May 2014 and again in June 2018. (See also: Supplements to Charles Rennie Mackintosh.)
There are currently around 1600 students enrolled in 10 art / design courses. The following degrees are possible: Bachelor of Arts (BA and BA (Hons.)), Master of Arts (MA) and Master of Fine Arts (MFA).
Well-known professors and students
- Joe Allen (born 1955), British painter
- Michael Beutler (* 1976), German sculptor
- Peter Capaldi (* 1958), Scottish actor and director
- Phillip Alexander Clancey (1917-2001), Scottish ornithologist
- Sharon Colman (born 1978), British director
- Robbie Coltrane (born 1950), Scottish actor
- James Dillon (born 1950), Scottish composer
- Alfred East (1849–1913), British painter
- Merlyn Oliver Evans (1910–1973), Welsh painter and printmaker
- Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), Scottish poet
- Douglas Gordon (born 1966), Scottish artist
- Alasdair Gray (1934-2019), Scottish writer
- Tatjana Hallbaum (* 1971), German photographer
- Peter Howson (* 1958), Scottish painter
- Inge King (1915-2016), Australian sculptor
- Alexander Mackendrick (1912–1993), American director
- William York MacGregor (1855–1923), Scottish painter
- Frances MacDonald McNair (1873-1921), Scottish painter
- Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh (1864–1933), Scottish painter
- Anna McCarthy (* 1981), German visual artist
- Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928), Scottish architect
- James Herbert McNair (1868–1955), Scottish painter
- Elizabeth MacNicol (1869–1904), Scottish painter
- Alexander Mann (1853–1908), Scottish painter
- Jonathan Monk (born 1969), British artist
- Thomas Corsan Morton (1859–1928), Scottish painter
- David Murray (1849–1933), British landscape painter
- Norah Neilson Gray (1882–1931), Scottish painter
- James Paterson (1854-1932) Scottish painter
- Jenny Saville (* 1970), English painter
- Julia Schmidt (* 1976), German painter
- David Shrigley (born 1968), British artist
- Simon Starling (* 1967), English artist
- Edward Arthur Walton (1860–1922), Scottish painter
- Richard Wright (* 1960), British musician
See also
Web links
- Official Web Sites (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.gsa.ac.uk/about-gsa/our-people/governors/
- ↑ Ursula Kleefisch-Jobst: Architecture in the 20th Century . Dumont, Cologne 2003. ISBN 3-8321-5574-0 , p. 14 f.
- ^ Fire destroys Glasgow's historic art school . Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 16, 2018, accessed on the same day.
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 '57.7 " N , 4 ° 15' 49.6" W.