Slade School of Fine Art is a world renowned art school situated in Bloomsbury, Central London, and is one of the University College London's (UCL) most outstanding departments. Slade consistently ranks as among the premier Art and Design institutions in the UK.
The school traces its roots back to 1868 when Felix Slade (1788-1868) bequeathed funds to establish three Chairs in Fine Art, to be based at Oxford University, Cambridge University and Un...
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Slade School of Fine Art is a world renowned art school situated in Bloomsbury, Central London, and is one of the University College London's (UCL) most outstanding departments. Slade consistently ranks as among the premier Art and Design institutions in the UK.
The school traces its roots back to 1868 when Felix Slade (1788-1868) bequeathed funds to establish three Chairs in Fine Art, to be based at Oxford University, Cambridge University and University College London, where six studentships were endowed. The Slade operates two studios, one for undergraduate students, the other for postgraduates only. Distinguished past teachers include Henry Tonks, Wilson Steer, Randolph Schwabe, William Coldstream, Lucian Freud, Reg Butler, Keith Vaughan, Robert Medley and Roger Fry. Two of its most important periods were immediately before, and immediately after, the turn of the twentieth century, described by Henry Tonks as its two 'crises of brilliance'. The first included the students Augustus...
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