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Robin Darwin : visionary educator and painter / Henrietta Goodden.
- Title
- Robin Darwin : visionary educator and painter / Henrietta Goodden.
- Author
- Goodden, Henrietta.
- Publication
- London [England] : Unicorn Press Ltd., 2015.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | N89.2.D37 G66 2015 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xvii, 222 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Sir Robert Vere 'Robin' Darwin was a British artist and Rector of the Royal College of Art. The story is to do with wartime camouflage, post-war reconstruction, Festival of Britain 1951, re-shaping arts education in Britain for the future (the list of RCA graduates from 1950-80 is particularly impressive including not just fine artists (David Hockney, Peter Blake) but innovative designers such as James Dyson for example). The Royal College of Arts as it became by the 1980s is largely the result of one man and his drive, his vision and inspite of his gruffness, his ability to inspire loyalty and creative thinking in others. The list of RCA professors , tutors and visiting lecturers 1949-80 he brought in, reads like a roll-call of the best contemporary designers, graphic designers and artists in Britain during those years and they inspired the students."--
- Subject
- Darwin, Robert Vere, Sir, 1910-1974
- Royal College of Art (Great Britain) > Presidents > Biography
- Royal College of Art (Great Britain) > History
- Royal College of Art (Great Britain)
- Art teachers > Great Britain > Biography
- College presidents > Great Britain > Biography
- Painters > Great Britain > Biography
- Art teachers
- College presidents
- Painters
- Presidents
- Great Britain
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- History
- Note
- Illustration on front and back lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Family background -- Growing up -- Marriage and responsibility -- Eton days -- Wartime -- The Council of Industrial Design -- Newcastle, new challenges -- South Kensington -- College life -- Kensington Gore -- Triumph and adversity -- Farewell to the college -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9781910065396 (hbk.)
- 1910065390 (hbk.)
- OCLC
- 918598039
- SCSB-10285957
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library