CLAPHAM SCHOOL OF ART

1884 - c.1939

Clapham School of Art originated in 1884 when a small group of residents formed a Company with the wish for arts and crafts to be taught in the Clapham area. It was originally in Edgeley Road, Clapham, under the direction of Leonard Charles Nightingale (31 August 1851-13 June 1941), an artist who had already had many years' experiences in teaching at the Lambeth School of Art and Chiswick School of Art. Fine Art was the main subject taught but also on the curriculum were wood carving, sculpture, gilding, embroidery, pottery, and textiles. Its chief area of success was book illustration which produced such exponents as Margaret Winifred Tarrant (19 August 1888-28 July 1959), other alumni include Leonard John Fuller (11 October 1891-July 1973), Thomas Samuel Haile (1909-25 March 1948), Mary Kessell (13 November 1914-1977) and James Stroudley (17 June 1906-13 May 1985). Suffolk artists who studied at Clapham include Paul Bullard, Lionel Bulmer, Ellen May Conti and Sibyl Milnes. The last principal of the School was Joseph Ridley Radcliffe Mcculloch and closed at the outbreak of the Second World War and following the cessation of hostilities, the institution did not reopen as an independent art academy.

---

Works by This Artist