Slade School of Fine Art
The UCL Slade School of Fine Art is the art school of University College London and is based in London, England. It has been ranked as the UK's top art and design educational institution. The school is organised as a department of UCL's Faculty of Arts and Humanities.
History
The school was founded in University College on 2 October 1871 following an endowment from the will of the lawyer and philanthropist Felix Slade who bequeathed £35,000 to establish three Chairs in Fine Art, to be based at Oxford University, Cambridge University and University College London. An additional six scholarships of £50 per annum were endowed to University College. The college itself provided £5000 to build the Slade School as part of the college quadrangle in Gower Street, premises which the School still occupies today.Distinguished past teachers include Henry Tonks, Wilson Steer, Randolph Schwabe, William Coldstream, Andrew Forge, Lucian Freud, John Hilliard, Bruce McLean, Alfred Gerrard and Phyllida Barlow. Edward Allington was Professor of Fine Art and Head of Graduate Sculpture until his death in 2017.
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 John, William Orpen and Percy Wyndham Lewis; the second – which has been chronicled in David Boyd Haycock's A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War – included the students Dora Carrington, Mark Gertler, Paul Nash, C.R.W. Nevinson and Stanley Spencer.
Another notable period followed the Second World War, under the directorship of William Coldstream, who brought in Lucian Freud to teach, and whose students included Paula Rego, Michael Andrews and the filmmaker Lorenza Mazzetti. Coldstream was responsible for the creation of the , the first in any British university, in 1960, with Thorold Dickinson as chief lecturer. Filmmakers associated with the Slade Film Department include Derek Jarman and Peter Whitehead.
Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art
The Slade Centre for Electronic Media in Fine Art was opened in 1995. The centre provides opportunities for research into electronic media and fine art with the goal of contributing to debate on national and international levels. The Slade had previously been home to Malcolm Hughes's Computer and Experimental Department in the 1970s.In 1997 SCEMFA presented Collision, a public lecture series by artists, writers, and curators working with interactivity, telematics, and digital works. This exhibition was followed by Spontaneous Reaction, a week-long seminar funded by the Arts Council of England, which took a critical look at interactivity with participants from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, architecture, and computer science.
Throughout 1998, SCEMFA collaborated with Channel 4 UK to organise Cached, a monthly event held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Funded by the Arts Council, this series investigated the conceptual and practical issues of producing art for the internet through a series of artists presentations.
Art collection
The Slade art collection was started when the yearly prizes awarded to top students was combined with a collection scheme in 1897 and the Summer Composition Prize and the Figure and Head Painting Prizes began to be kept by the school. Works by students and staff of the Slade School of Fine Art form the basis of the UCL Art museum today.Rankings
In a 2008 survey conducted by The Sunday Times the Slade recorded perfect scores.| 2010 | |
| The Guardian University Guide | 1st |
| The Complete University Guide | 2nd |
| The Times Good University Guide | 2nd |
Teaching
The faculty currently offers the following programs:Undergraduate studies
- 3-year BFA in Fine Art
- 4-year BA in Fine Art
- 2-academic year MFA in Fine Art
- 2-calendar MA in Fine Art
- 1-term, 2-term, of 1-year Graduate Affiliate Study
- MPhil or PhD in Fine Art
Notable alumni
- Elinor Proby Adams, painter
- Mary Adshead, mural painter, designer
- Anna Airy, artist
- Rosemary Allan, painter
- Kathleen Allen, painter
- Edward Allington, sculptor
- Michael Andrews, painter
- Irene Aronson, painter and printmaker
- Sue Arrowsmith, photographic artist
- Ed Atkins, artist
- Ray Atkins, painter
- Joan Ayling, painter
- Zainul Abedin, painter
- Ethelwyn Baker, sculptor
- Phyllis Barron, textile designer
- Alvaro Barrington, artist
- James Bateman, painter
- Amelia Bauerle, painter and illustrator
- Pauline Baynes, illustrator
- Tessa Beaver, painter and illustrator
- Roy Beddington, painter, illustrator, and writer
- Elinor Bellingham-Smith, painter
- Eleanor Best, painter
- Zelma Blakely, illustrator
- David Bomberg, painter
- Dorothy Elizabeth Bradford, painter
- Phyllis Bray, painter and muralist
- Raymond Briggs, illustrator, graphic novelist
- Cecily Brown, painter
- Sheila Bownas, textile designer and botanical illustrator
- Felicia Browne, painter and Spanish Civil War volunteer
- Rodney Joseph Burn, painter
- Dorothy Burroughes, illustrator
- William Bustard, stained glass artist
- Dorothy A. Cadman, painter
- Martin John Callanan, artist, current teaching staff
- Gina Calleja, author and illustrator
- Nancy Carline, artist
- Sydney Carline, artist
- Thomas Carr, artist
- Ethel Carrick, painter
- Dora Carrington, artist
- Chien-Ying Chang, artist
- Daphne Charlton, painter
- Evan Charlton, painter
- G. K. Chesterton, writer
- Evelyn Cheston, painter
- Spartacus Chetwynd, artist, Turner Prize nominee
- Derek Chittock, portrait painter
- Dora Clarke, sculptor
- Edna Clarke Hall, painter
- Dorothy Coke, painter
- Sir William Coldstream, painter
- Professor Paul Coldwell, artist
- Ruth Collet, painter
- John Collier, artist
- Marian Collier, painter
- Susan Alexis Collins, artist, current Slade Director & Professor
- Ithell Colquhoun, painter and writer
- William George Constable, art historian
- Pat Gerrard Cooke, painter and illustrator
- Teresa Copnall, painter
- Frank Barrington Craig, painter and teacher
- Martin Creed, artist
- Dennis Creffield, painter
- Barbara Crocker, artist, author
- Claudia Cuesta, artist
- Charles Cundall, painter
- Nora Cundell, painter
- Esmé Currey, painter, etcher
- Barry Daniels, British artist, painter, and designer
- Yitzhak Danziger, sculptor
- Tacita Dean,
- Alison Debenham
- Diarmuid Delargy, printer and sculptor
- Evelyn De Morgan
- Angela Delevingne
- Brigid Derham, painter
- Anthony Devas, portrait painter
- Sir William Dobell, portrait painter
- Barbara Dorf, painter
- Sholto Johnstone Douglas, artist
- Jane Dowling, painter
- William Dring, portrait painter
- William Easton, artist
- Ursula Edgcumbe, sculptor
- Ibrahim El-Salahi, painter
- Jake Elwes, artist
- Florence Engelbach, painter
- Grace English, painter
- Ben Enwonwu, artist
- Jadé Fadojutimi, artist
- Leila Faithfull, painter
- Julia Farrer, artist
- Robert Fawcett, illustrator
- Daphne Fedarb, painter
- Paul Feiler, artist
- Elsie Few, artist
- Philip Firsov, artist and sculptor
- Myrta Fisher, painter
- Mary Sargant Florence, painter
- Caroline Sylvia Gabriel, artist
- Clive Gardiner, artist, designer and illustrator
- Nicholas Garland, political cartoonist
- Raimi Gbadamosi, neo-conceptual artist
- Alfred Gerrard, sculptor
- Kaff Gerrard, painter and potter
- Mark Gertler, artist
- A.A. Gill, journalist
- Colin Gill, painter
- Elsie Gledstanes, painter
- Dryden Goodwin, artist, current teaching staff
- Douglas Gordon, artist
- Antony Gormley, sculptor
- Harold Gosney, artist and sculptor
- Caroline Gotch, painter
- Carmen Gracia, printmaker
- Duncan Grant, painter and designer
- Eileen Gray, designer and architect
- Barbara Greg, wood engraver
- David Griffiths , portrait painter
- Gwenny Griffiths, portrait painter
- Oona Grimes, artist
- Vaughan Grylls, artist
- Robin Guthrie, painter
- Kathleen Guthrie, painter
- Edna Guy, marine artist
- Richard Hamilton, painter and collage artist
- Archibald Standish Hartrick, artist and illustrator
- Lucy Harwood, artist
- Mona Hatoum, artist
- Mary Headlam, artist
- Francis Helps, artist
- Elsie Henderson, painter and sculptor
- Keith Henderson, artist and illustrator
- Nigel Henderson, artist
- Florence Lockwood, women's suffrage activist
- Lady Mary Lovelace, artist, architect and author
- Patrick Heron, abstract painter
- Cicely Hey, painter and sculptor
- Ian Holbourn, artist, educator, laird of Foula, writer, and RMS Lusitania survivor
- Ruth Hollingsworth, painter
- Annie Horniman, theatre owner and manager
- Nancy Horrocks, abstract artist
- Ray Howard-Jones, artist
- Edgar Hubert, painter
- Georgina Hunt, abstract artist
- Sidney Hunt, artist and designer
- Paul Huson, writer and designer
- George Percy Jacomb-Hood, artist
- Darsie Japp, artist
- Derek Jarman, artist and filmmaker
- Augustus John, artist
- Gwen John, artist
- Vivien John, artist
- Arnrid Johnston, sculptor, illustrator
- Alfred Garth Jones, illustrator
- Karin Jonzen, sculptor
- Gerry Judah, artist and designer
- Menashe Kadishman, Israeli sculptor and painter
- Helen Kapp, artist and curator
- Dorothy King, painter and curator
- Eve Kirk, painter
- Myfanwy Kitchin, painter, ceramicist
- Robert Koenig, sculptor
- Clara Klinghoffer, artist
- Paul Kneale, artist
- Winifred Knights, painter
- Kanayi Kunhiraman, sculptor
- Sir Osbert Lancaster, cartoonist
- Olga Lehmann, painter, illustrator and designer
- Maxwell Gordon Lightfoot, painter
- Peter Kennard, artist
- Bernard Leach, ceramic artist, "Father of British studio pottery"
- Lilian Lancaster, artist and teacher
- Edith Lawrence, artist
- Kim Lim, sculptor
- Zhi Lin, artist
- Henrietta Lister, race driver and watercolourist
- Nicholas Logsdail, art dealer
- John Long, painter and teacher
- Lowes Dalbiac Luard, painter
- John Luke, painter and sculptor
- John Lundberg, artist and filmmaker
- Sine MacKinnon, painter
- Nicolette Macnamara, artist and author
- John Mansbridge, painter and World War II official war artist
- Constance Markievicz, artist, revolutionary nationalist, suffragette, socialist
- Ellis Martin, map cover illustrator for Ordnance Survey
- John Mascaro, artist
- Moina Mathers, artist and occultist
- Mary McEvoy, painter
- Dorothy Mead, painter
- Robert Medley, painter and designer
- Elizabeth Merriman, painter
- Oliver Messel, stage designer
- Robert Micklewright, artist and illustrator
- Mother Maribel of Wantage, artist and sculptor
- Daniel Mulloy, film writer and director
- Donia Nachshen, illustrator
- Paul Nash, painter
- Gemma Nelson, painter
- C.R.W. Nevinson, artist
- Bertha Newcombe, artist and illustrator
- Ben Nicholson, abstract painter
- Philip Norman, artist and antiquarian
- Alanna O'Kelly, Irish performance artist
- Madge Oliver, painter
- Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, artist
- Kathleen Parbury, sculptor
- Katie Paterson, artist
- Eddie Peake, artist
- Margot Perryman, painter
- Louise Pickard, painter
- Edward Plunkett, 20th Baron of Dunsany, painter and sculptor
- Mary Potter, painter
- Sarah Pucill, film artist
- Margaret Fisher Prout, painter
- Carl Randall, painter
- Paula Rego, painter, illustrator and printmaker
- Harold Riley, artist
- Eric Rimmington
- William Roberts, painter
- Claude Rogers, artist
- Rosemary Rutherford, painter and stained glass artist
- Ethel Jenner Rosenberg, first English Bahá'í
- Isaac Rosenberg, war poet
- Paul Rotha, documentary film-maker, film historian and critic
- Hiraki Sawa, filmmaker and artist
- James Scott, filmmaker and artist
- Melissa Scott-Miller, painter
- Ina Maud Sheldon-Williams, painter
- Rupert Shephard, artist
- F. H. S. Shepherd, painter
- Edith Simon, artist, sculptor, author
- Marianna Simnett, artist
- Veronica Smirnoff, painter
- Sir Matthew Smith, painter
- Peter Snow, painter and theatre designer
- Walter Shaw Sparrow, writer
- Yolanda Sonnabend, theatre and ballet designer and painter
- Sir Stanley Spencer, artist
- Unity Spencer, artist
- Andrew Stahl, painter
- Leo Steinberg, art historian
- John Stezaker, artist
- David Storey, playwright, screenwriter, novelist
- Keith Sutton, artist and critic
- Ernest Heber Thompson, painter and printmaker
- William Tillyer, artist
- Arthur Ralph Middleton Todd, portrait painter
- Greta Tomlinson, artist
- Euan Uglow, painter
- David Vaughan, psychedelic artist
- Charlotte Verity, painter
- Stelios Votsis, painter
- Edward Wadsworth, artist
- Mary Spencer Watson, sculptor
- Edith Grace Wheatley, painter
- Rex Whistler, painter, designer, and illustrator
- Erica White, sculptor
- Rachel Whiteread, artist
- Victor Willing, artist
- Charli XCX, singer–songwriter
- Nancy Mauro-Flude, artist and writer
- Nan Youngman, painter and educationalist
- Partou Zia, painter and writer
- Cecilia Vicuña, poet and artist
- Christopher Le Brun, artist
- Anupam Sud, Indian printmaker