Founded by William Lancaster, Baron Pollock and Sir Arthur Jelf. For the first 11 years this was based in rooms over the parish offices in Putney High Street. Lancaster then funded the freehold site and the purpose-built art school. Architect: Thomas William Willis, opened 2 October 1895. 1924 the school was taken over by the LCC, and has subsequently been run by the ILEA in the 1960`s and then by Wandsworth Council.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Putney School of Art
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Sir William Lancaster
Sir William Lancaster, 1841 - 1929, co-founder of the Putney School of Art, M...
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Solomon Souza
Street artist, best known for spray painting portraits of contemporary and historical figures on the metal shutters of the Mahane Yehuda Market ("The Shuk") in Jerusalem, turning them into an after...
1 memorial
Ford Madox Brown
Painter and designer. Born Calais - the family travelled frequently between France and England. Not formally a member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood but he was friends with them and shared their...
2 memorials
Sir Sidney Nolan
Artist. Born Sidney Robert Nolan in Carlton, Melbourne. He is best known for his paintings of Australian people, particularly Ned Kelly. He moved to London in 1951.
1 memorial
Nicolas Poussin
Artist. Born in Les Andelys, Normandy. He spent a large part of his life in Rome, producing many paintings with an historical theme, such as 'The Adoration of the Golden Calf'.
2 memorials
Harry Dixon
Sculptor, painter, illustrator. Born Watford, son of the photographer, Henry Dixon, who specialised in animal photographs taken at London Zoo, near where they lived. So it's interesting that Harry ...
1 memorial