Beckenham School of Art

Beckenham School of Art was an English art school located at 20 Beckenham Road, Kent from 1908 to 1962.^[1]

Beckenham School of Art

Type	Art School
Established	1908
Location	Beckenham , Kent , England
Website	ravensbourne.ac.uk

History

Beckenham School of Art was founded in 1908, and was located at 20 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent. It amalgamated with Bromley School of Art and Sidcup School of Art to become Ravensbourne University London in July 1962.^[2]

Exhibitions

An extensive list will be challenging to locate due to the incompleteness of archives of this long since closed institution.

• British Furniture Exhibition at Earl's Court, London in Feb 1950^[3]
• Beckenham School of Art Exhibition in July 1952^[4]

Notable academic staff

• Amy Katherine Browning (World War Two)^[5]
• John Cole (Principal) ^[6]
• Robin Day (designer)^[7]
• Percy Yabsley^[8]

Notable alumni

• Athene Andrade^[9]
• Graham Arnold (1947–52)^[10]
• Evelyn Ballentine (1946–52)^[11]
• Sven Berlin^[12]
• David Bowie^[13]
• Robert Bradford (1961–3)^[14]
• Kenneth George Budd (1941–4)^[15]
• Graham Clark^[16]
• Joan Connew^[17]
• Honor Dobbs^[18]
• Mary Farmer, Painting (1958–61) known best as Tapestry Artist^[19]
• Daphne Fedarb^[20]
• Ernest Fedarb^[21]
• Overton Fuller^[22]
• Gerald Gardiner (1919–23)^[23]
• Elsa George^[24]
• Robin Gray (1958–62)^[25]
• Alan Green (1949–53)^[26]
• Helen Grūnwald (1941-4)^[27]
• Jacqueline Anne Herbert (1946)^[28]
• Gertrude Hermes^[29]
• Rose Hilton^[30]
• Jocelyn Horsbrugh^[31]
• Walter Hoyle (1940-2)^[32]
• David Inshaw (1959–63)^[33]
• Ronald Jewry^[34]
• Keith Stephen Lucas^[35]
• Robert Juniper (World War Two)^[36]
• Eileen Lewenstein^[37]
• Aletta M Lewis^[38]
• Denis Lucas^[39]
• Elizabeth MacFadgen^[40]
• Sandy MacKilligin^[41]
• Charles Mahoney^[42]
• Peter Midgley (1947–51)^[43]
• John Morley (1957–62)^[44]
• Marjorie Nevshehir Owen^[45]
• Hilda Chancellor POPE^[46]
• Mary Potter (1916–8)^[47][48]
• Ian Ribbons^[49]
• Mollie Russell-Smith^[50]
• Mary Thornbery (1947-9)^[51]
• Carol Walklin^[52]
• David Warwick^[53]
• Margaret Wilson^[54]
• Jessie Young^[55]

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External links

• Beckenham School of Art at Suffolk Artists
• Ravensbourne University London

External links

• Higher Education website
• Students' Union website