Glasgow School of Art

The Glasgow School of Art ( GSA ) is an art school founded in 1845 as Glasgow Government School of Design in Glasgow. The building was constructed from 1897 to 1909 after plans by the Scottish Art Nouveau architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Currently around 1,600 students are enrolled in 10 different art / design courses. The Glasgow School of Art offers courses leading to the Bachelor of Arts ( BA and BA ( Hons. ) ), Master of Arts ( MA ) and Master of Fine Arts ( MFA).

Well-known professors and students

  • Joe Allen ( born 1955 ), British painter
  • Michael Beutler ( b. 1976 ), German sculptor
  • Peter Capaldi (born 1958 ), Scottish actor and director
  • Phillip Alexander Clancey (1917-2001), Scottish ornithologist
  • Sharon Colman (born 1978 ), British director
  • Robbie Coltrane ( b. 1950 ), Scottish actor
  • James Dillon ( born 1950 ), Scottish composer
  • Alfred East (1849-1913), British painter
  • Merlyn Oliver Evans (1910-1973), Welsh painter and graphic artist
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay (1925-2006), Scottish poet
  • Douglas Gordon ( b. 1966 ), Scottish artist
  • Alasdair Gray ( born 1934 ), Scottish writer
  • Tatjana Hallbaum (* 1971), German photographer
  • Peter Howson ( b. 1958 ), Scottish painter
  • Inge King ( born 1918 ), Australian sculptor
  • Alexander Mackendrick (1912-1993), American film director
  • William York MacGregor (1855-1923), Scottish painter
  • Frances MacDonald McNair (1873-1921), Scottish painter
  • Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh (1864-1933), Scottish painter
  • Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), Scottish architect
  • James Herbert McNair (1868-1955), Scottish painter
  • Elizabeth MacNicol (1869-1904), Scottish painter
  • Alexander Mann (1853-1908), Scottish painter
  • Jonathan Monk ( b. 1969 ), British artist
  • Thomas Corsan Morton (1859-1928), Scottish painter
  • David Murray (1849-1933), British landscape painter
  • Norah Neilson Gray (1882-1931), Scottish painter
  • James Paterson (1854-1932), Scottish painter
  • Jenny Saville ( b. 1970 ), English painter
  • Julia Schmidt ( * 1976 ), German painter
  • David Shrigley ( born 1968 ), British artist
  • Simon Starling ( born 1967), English artist
  • Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922), Scottish painter
  • Richard Wright ( born 1960 ), British musician
Joe Allen (painter) James Dillon (composer) Herbert MacNair David Murray (painter) James Paterson (painter)
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