Huge thanks to Dave Shanahan for forwarding on this press cutting of his friend and fellow Fine Art Kingston student from the mid-1950s Valerie Bloomfield….
The below image was supplied by Carol Freeman, and was taken in the doorway of the dark room, Kingston School of Art Photography department, c.1956….
Charles Lewis was the Head of Sculpture at Kingston School of Art in the immediate post-war period, and a crucial figure in building its reputation…
In 1953, Kingston School of Art made an application for formal recognition of its growing full-time course in Dress Design. The designated staff responsible for…
Prospectuses give us a comprehensive list of staff employed by the art school at this time. The image shows the 1954/55 prospectus, but the list…
Born in Spalding, Lincolnshire in 1920, Aidron Duckworth studied engineering and metal-working as a young man, prior to World War II. He served in the…
This plan dates from the mid-1950s, and demonstrates the pressing need Kingston School of Art had at this time to extend their premises. The pink…
This image shows the Seaside section of the Festival of Britain exhibition held on the South Bank in 1951. This particular section was designed by…
A selection of KSA prospectuses from the 1930s to 1960s – from the Kingston University Archives.
A selection of maps of Knights Park’s location in Kingston, taken from KSA prospectuses from the 30s, 40s and 50s: