SCARBOROUGH SCHOOL OF ART
Scarborough School of Art opened in 1882, their original building was a former dance academy but the popularity of the school under its first headmaster Albert Strange (29 June 1855-11 July 1917) caused it move after two years to the larger premises of a former swimming pool where remained until until enemy bombing during the Second World War caused it to close. The headmaster Albert Strange was not only a productive artist exhibiting his work throughout the country including the Royal Academy but sailing was a major preoccupation and in 1895 Strange was a founder member of Scarborough Sailing Club. From the beginning the art school taught the National Course of Instruction for Government Schools of Art which consisted of separate courses in drawing, painting, modelling and design. Individual subjects included freehand and model drawing, geometry, perspective, still life, monochrome painting, oil and water colour painting and book illustration design, architecture, anatomy, and wallpaper and linoleum design. Under Strange’s teaching and direction Scarborough students performed very well in the national examinations and as early as 1886 it was announced that Scarborough Art School was the second most successful in the country and in that year work by Strange’s students was accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy. Strange was head of the School until his death in 1917. The School has gone through several name changes and mergers including Scarborough Technical Institute and after further expansion, in 1992 to Yorkshire Coast College and in 2010 it merged with the Grimsby Institute. In November 2016 it was named Scarborough TEC at 2-4 South Street, Scarborough. Suffolk artists include John Ridgewell; Harry Watson.