Royal College of Art

Royal College of Art
Established	1967 - gained University Status by Royal Charter 1896 - Royal College of Art 1837 - Government School of Design
Type	Public
Provost	Sir James Dyson
Rector	Paul Thompson
Students	920[1]
Postgraduates	920[1]
Location	London, England, U.K.
Campus	Urban
Website	www.rca.ac.uk

The Royal College of Art (informally the RCA) is a public research university specializing in art and design located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's only wholly postgraduate art and design institution offering Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). It was founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design.

History

The RCA was founded in 1837 as the Government School of Design. Richard Burchett became head of the school in 1852.^[2] In 1853 it was expanded to become the National Art Training School and moved to Marlborough House, and then, in 1857, to South Kensington,^[3][2] with the Female School of Art in separate buildings. During the 19th century, it was often referred to as the South Kensington Schools. It was primarily a teacher training college; pupils during this period included George Clausen, Christopher Dresser, Luke Fildes, Kate Greenaway and Gertrude Jekyll.^[2]

In 1896 the school received the name Royal College of Art, and the emphasis of teaching there shifted to the practice of art and design.^[3] Teaching of graphic design, industrial design and product design began in the mid-twentieth century.The school expanded further in the 1960s, and in 1967 it received a Royal Charter which gave it the status of an independent university with the power to grant its own degrees.^[3]

The Royal College of Art played a major role in the birth of the modern school of British sculpture in the 1920s and in the development of Pop Art in the 1960s.

Campuses

The RCA is based in the South Kensington and Battersea areas of Central London.

The main building in Kensington Gore dates from the 1960s and is a Grade II listed building. It was designed by a team of RCA staff members, H. T. Cadbury-Brown, Hugh Casson and Robert Goodden.^[4]

Courses

The RCA offers teaching in the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, automotive design, curating, photography, industrial design, communication design, interaction design, textiles, fashion, ceramics and silversmithing. An M.A. in design history is offered in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, while an M.A./M.Sc. in Innovation Design Engineering is offered jointly with Imperial College London.

In 2013, the RCA and Imperial also began offering the first transnational design program: a dual-masters, joint program in Global Innovation Design, where students also spend significant time studying at Pratt's graduate industrial design department in Brooklyn, New York and Keio University's graduate school of media design in Tokyo, Japan.

Rankings

In the most recent Research Assessment Exercise, in December 2008, 40% of the research output of the school received the highest (4* or "world-leading") assessment, the third-highest rating in the Art and Design subject area; over all subject areas only about fifty institutions received a higher rating.^[5]

In April 2011, Modern Painters surveyed art world professionals to create a list of the top 10 UK art schools which ranked them: 1. Royal College of Art; 2. Royal Academy Schools; 3. City and Guilds of London Art School; 4. Slade School of Art; and 5. Goldsmiths College, University of London.^[6]

Alumni

19th century

Helen Allingham, painter HRH The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll Maxwell Ayrton, architect Sir George Clausen, painter Emilia, Lady Dilke, art historian Austin Dobson, poet Christopher Dresser, designer Conrad Dressler, sculptor and potter Sir Luke Fildes, painter Kate Greenaway, illustrator William Harbutt, sculptor and inventor of Plasticine Gertrude Jekyll, garden designer

Alfred Garth Jones, illustrator Edwin Lutyens, architect Walter Sykes George, architect Henrietta Montalba, sculptor Mortimer Menpes, artist Edward Poynter, artist Elizabeth Thompson (Lady Butler), painter Sir Hubert von Herkomer painter, composer, film maker Walter Smith, Industrial art educator Fred Whisstock, illustrator

20th century

Kristian Aadnevik, Fashion Designer Faisal Abdu'Allah, printmaker M. R. Acharekar, painter, art director David Adjaye, architect Victor Ambrus, illustrator Leonard Appelbee, painter Billy Apple, artist and designer Frank Auerbach, painter Mathias Augustyniak, graphic designer and art director, founder of M/M (Paris) Robert Austin, artist Christopher Bailey, Creative Director for Burberry Tom Barker, technologist, design engineer, and a professor at RCA. Jonathan Barnbrook, typographer and graphic designer, one of the 'Young British Artists' Sebastian Bergne, industrial designer Allen Boothroyd, industrial designer John Bridgeman (sculptor) head of sculpture Birmingham College of Art Cressida Bell, textile designer Henry Bird, muralist David Blackburn (artist), landscape artist Peter Blake, painter Quentin Blake, cartoonist, author and illustrator of Roald Dahl's books Derek Boshier, painter Frank Bowling, painter Victor Burgin, 1986 Turner Prize nominee Ian Callum, Design Director (Jaguar cars) Moray Callum, automotive designer (Ford) Gillian Carnegie, 2005 Turner Prize nominee Benedict Carpenter, 2001 Jerwood Sculpture Prize winner Henry Carr, painter Michelle Cartlidge, illustrator Patrick Caulfield, 1987 Turner Prize nominee Jack Chalker, painter Jake and Dinos Chapman, 2003 Turner Prize nominees Malvina Cheek, artist Betty Churcher, Director of the National Gallery of Australia, 1990–1997 John Clappison, ceramic and glass designer Ossie Clark, fashion designer Benjamin Clemens, sculptor Clarice Cliff, ceramic designer, modeller and sculptor Sue Coe, political artist Ernest A. Cole, sculptor and printmaker. Richard Cook, painter Jean Cooke, artist Susie Cooper, ceramic designer Jack Coutu, printmaker and sculptor Raymond Coxon, painter Tony Cragg, 1988 Turner Prize winner Neisha Crosland, textile designer, Royal Designer for Industry Bill Culbert, painter, sculptor, photographer, 2013 Biennale of Venice Charles Cundall, war artist Adam Dant, 2002 Jerwood Prize winner Alki David, writer, actor, director, philanthropist, explorer and businessman Robin Day, designer Richard Deacon, sculptor, 1987 Turner Prize winner Roger Dean, artist Len Deighton, historian and author Mukul Dey, Painter-Engraver Charles Dillon, designer Jane Dillon (née Young), designer and artist Evelyn Dunbar, artist Ian Dury, musician, singer James Dyson, designer Benoit Pierre Emery, silk scarf fashion designer Tracey Emin, artist, 1999 Turner Prize nominee Arthur John Ensor, artist and industrial designer Cathie Felstead, illustrator Alan Fletcher, graphic designer, founder of Pentagram Marion Foale, fashion designer Elizabeth Fritsch, ceramic artist, potter Anton Furst, production designer Evelyn Gibbs, artist Mary Gillick, sculptor Grace Golden, artist John Goldschmidt, film director and producer James Henry Govier, painter, etcher, and engraver [R.C.A. etching demonstrator] Sophie Harley, jewellery designer Raymond Hawkey, designer and author Thomas Heatherwick, designer and sculptor John Hedgecoe, photographer, founder of the photography department at RCA Barbara Hepworth, sculptor Hilda Hewlett, pioneer aviator and aviation entrepreneur David Hockney, painter Eileen Hogan, painter Peter Horbury, automotive designer (Ford) Laurence Housman, playwright Albert Houthuesen, artist Erlund Hudson, artist

Bryan Ingham, etcher, painter and sculptor Merlin James, artist, critic Michele Jannuzzi, graphic designer Chantal Joffe, painter Jasper Joffe, artist Allen Jones, artist Panayiotis Kalorkoti, artist John Kirby, painter R. B. Kitaj, artist Simon Larbalestier, photographer Noel Harry Leaver, painter Dante Leonelli, artist Frances Macdonald, painter David Mach, 1988 Turner Prize nominee Steve Mackey, Pulp bassist and producer Jeremy Marre, film director Kenneth Martin, sculptor Simon Martin, epigrapher and Mayanist scholar Donald Maxwell, artist and illustrator David Mellor, cutler and industrial designer John W. Mills, sculptor Russell Mills, multimedia artist and musician Henry Moore, sculptor Malcolm Morley, 1984 Turner Prize winner Jasper Morrison, designer Colin Moss, artist and teacher Peter Musson, Silversmith Paul Neale, graphic designer Chris Ofili, 1998 Turner Prize winner Marilene Oliver, sculptor M. C. Oliver, calligrapher Vaughan Oliver, designer and graphic designer Chris Orr, English artist Christopher Orr, Scottish artist Jay Osgerby, designer Roy Oxlade, painter Susan Parkinson (née Sanderson), ceramic artist, teacher, co-founder of Arts Dyslexia Trust Vivian Pitchforth, painter John Edgar Platt, artist Brothers Quay, stop-motion animators Zandra Rhodes, fashion designer Ceri Richards, painter Alan Rickman, Actor Bridget Riley, artist Sir Ridley Scott, film director (brother of Tony) Asif Kapadia, film director Johnny Rozsa, photographer Michael Rowe, Silversmith Tony Scott, film director (brother of Ridley) Janek Schaefer, sound artist, British Composer of the Year in Sonic Art 2008 Uday Shankar, choreographer George Shaw, artist, Turner Prize nominee 2011 Norman Sillman, coin designer Peter Sís, artist and illustrator Graham Smith, photographer Martin Smith, automotive designer (Ford) Richard Smith, graphic designer Alan Sorrell, archaeological reconstruction artist Cecil Stephenson, artist Peter Stevens, automotive designer Stuart Stockdale, fashion designer Linda Sutton (painter), RCA 100 mural prize 1972 Storm Thorgerson, photographer and designer Jake Tilson, artist Joe Tilson, artist Martin Travers, designer, stained glass artist, Grand Prix for stained glass, International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts, Paris, 1925 David Tremlett, artist, Turner Prize nominee 1992 John Tunnard, artist Charles Tunnicliffe, painter Gavin Turk, artist Sidney Tushingham, painter and etcher Dirk van Braeckel, Director of design (Bentley Motors) Lee Wagstaff, photographer performance artist Ray Walker, mural artist, 1945–1984 Melanie Walsh, children's book illustrator Suling Wang, artist Richard Wentworth, sculptor Alison Wilding, 1992 Turner Prize nominee Christopher Williams (Welsh artist), 1873–1934 Joash Woodrow, painter Jon Wozencroft, graphic designer and cofounder of Touch Music Andrea Wulf, History of Design 1999 Rose Wylie, painter Althea Wynne, sculptor[7] Carey Young, artist

21st century

• Christine Berrie, illustrator
• Gillian Carnegie
• George Chakravarthi, artist (photography, film, performance and painting)
• Guy Hendrix Dyas, designer and feature film production designer, BAFTA winner 2010
• Max Hattler, visual artist and animator
• Idris Khan
• Liz Neal
• Xavier Pick, artist
• Sophy Rickett, visual artist, awarded the Arts Council of England Helen Chadwick Fellowship, and the British School at Rome, Italy
• Suzie Templeton, director of animated films, winner of Academy Award 2008
• Erdem Moralioğlu, fashion designer
• David Wightman, painter

References

Further reading

• Christopher Frayling, The Royal College of Art: 150 Years of Art & Design (1987)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Royal College of Art.

• Royal College of Art website
• History and architecture of the RCA from the Royal Institute of British Architects

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