St John's Wood Art School

The St John's Wood Art School (a.k.a. The Wood or Calderon's Art School) was an art school in St John's Wood, north London, England.

The Art School was established in 1878.[1] It was founded by two art teachers, Elíseo Abelardo Alvarez Calderón (1847-1911) and Bernard Evans Ward. Lewis Baumer and Byam Shaw were early students. Later students included John Armstrong, Michael Ayrton, Gladys Baker, Eileen Bell, Enid Bell, Frank Beresford,[2] Kenneth Martin, G. K. Chesterton,[3] John Minton, Olive Mudie-Cooke, Edward Tennyson Reed,[4] Ursula Wood, Ivan Peries, Herbert James Draper,[5] Flora Lion, Gluck and Christopher R. W. Nevinson. Aina Onabolu, the first African to study art in England was a student at the School from 1920 to 1922.[6] Teachers at the School included Vanessa Bell, John Piper, and John Skeaping.

The School subsequently became the Anglo-French Art Centre[7], which was founded in 1946 by Alfred Rozelaar Green, who studied in Paris at the Académie Julian and Atelier Gromaire.[8] The Centre closed in 1951.[1]

References

1. Isaaman, Gerald (11 November 2010). "Feature: Exhibition- Rediscovery of a chapter in London's art history — St John's Wood Art School and The Anglo-French Art Centre — Boundary Gallery". Camden New Journal. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
2. "Chapter 2: St. John's Wood School of Art". The Beresfords: a family of artists. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
3. Oddie, William. Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy: The Making of GKC, 1874-1908}. ISBN 9780199582013.
4. http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/2014/02/852-rare-edward-tennyson-reed/
5. "Herbert Draper". Tate. 1920-09-22. Retrieved 2015-06-07.
6. ArtWa (13 February 2019). "Aina Onabolu: Father of Modern Nigerian Art". ArtWa.Africa. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
7. https://www.artbiogs.co.uk/2/schools/st-johns-wood-school-art
8. "Anglo-French Art Centre". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2012.