The
Slade School of Art was founded in 1871 with money left by Felix Slade,
a wealthy art collector from Yorkshire. The first professor of art
at the Slade was Edward Poynter who favoured the French academic system.
Teaching methods under Poynter tended to concentrate on drawing and
painting from the living model, the development of critical intelligence
and an understanding of art history.
When Edward Poynter was replaced by Alphonse Legros in 1876, students
were mainly taught by demonstration. Under Frederick Brown (1892-1917)
and Henry Tonks (1917-30) the Slade
School of Art produced
some of its most eminent artists including Augustus
John, Gwen John, William
Orpen, Mark Gertler, Stanley
Spencer, Wyndham Lewis, Charles
Nevinson and David Bomberg.
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