Slade School of Fine Art

The Slade School of Fine Art is an art school at University College London, established in 1871 and known for training artists in painting, sculpture, and drawing.

Felix Slade: Felix Slade was an English collector and philanthropist whose bequest funded the Slade School of Fine Art. His 1868 bequest established the school and set its founding conditions.
Henry Tonks: Henry Tonks was a British surgeon, draftsman, and painter who taught at the Slade and later became its professor. His rigorous drawing instruction defined generations of Slade training.
Fine art: Fine art is visual art made primarily for aesthetic or conceptual purposes rather than practical use. The Slade is a university school devoted to fine-art practice and study.
Bloomsbury Group: The Bloomsbury Group was a circle of British writers, artists, and intellectuals active in the early twentieth century. Several Slade-connected artists intersected with this influential cultural circle.
Edward Poynter: Edward Poynter was a British painter and educator who became the Slade School’s first professor of fine art. As the first professor, he formed the school’s early curriculum and teaching practice.
Augustus John: Augustus John was a Welsh painter and draftsman known for portraits and his early twentieth-century bohemian circle. He studied at the Slade under Henry Tonks and became one of its celebrated alumni.
Life drawing: Life drawing is the practice of drawing the human figure, usually from a live model. Figure drawing has long been central to the Slade’s studio teaching.
British modernism: British modernism describes modernist movements and practices developed in Britain across the visual arts and other fields. Slade artists and teachers contributed to multiple strands of modern British art.
University College London: University College London is a public research university in London, founded in 1826. The Slade was created as its specialist school of fine art.
Dora Carrington: Dora Carrington was an English painter associated with the Bloomsbury Group and the artists’ circle around Lytton Strachey. Her Slade studies placed her among the school’s notable early twentieth-century artists.

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