Grosvenor School of Modern Art
33 Warwick Square, the former home of the Grosvenor School of Modern Art (scaffolded, centre)
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| Active | 1925–1940 |
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| Founder | Iain Macnab |
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London, United Kingdom 51°29′23″N 0°08′30″W / 51.4896°N 0.1418°WCoordinates: 51°29′23″N 0°08′30″W / 51.4896°N 0.1418°W |
| Campus | 33 Warwick Square, Pimlico |
The Grosvenor School of Modern Art was a private British art school. It was founded in 1925 by the Scottish wood engraver Iain Macnab in his house at 33 Warwick Square in Pimlico, London. From 1925 to 1930 Claude Flight ran it with him, and also taught linocutting there; among his students were Sybil Andrews, Cyril Power and Lill Tschudi.
The school had no formal curriculum and students studied what and when they wished. There were day and evening courses: life classes, classes in composition and design, and classes on the history of Modern Art. Frank Rutter taught a course entitled "From Cézanne to Picasso". Macnab's wife, the dancer Helen Wingrave, gave a dance course.
The Grosvenor School closed in 1940.
The school did much to revive interest in print-making in general, and particularly in the linocut, in the years between the Wars. Artists associated with it have come to be known as the "Grosvenor School", and their work commands high prices.
Among those who studied at the school were:
Spowers, Black and Syme became instrumental in organising exhibitions and promoting the school in Australia.
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