Royal College of Art
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The Royal College of Art (RCA ) is a University of Art and Design in London, with the Darwin Building at Kensington Gore, South Kensington as a main building and an additional location in the district of Battersea.
The Rector of the RCA is Paul Warwick Thompson. At the RCA about 900 students are enrolled, demonstrating the subjects visual arts, applied arts, design, entertainment and communication sciences. The university offers degrees as MA, M.Phil. and Ph.D. of.
Near the RCA are the Royal Albert Hall, the Royal College of Music Imperial College and Hyde Park.
History
The college was founded in 1837 under the name of Government School of Design. In 1853 it became the National Art Training School and in 1896 the Royal College of Art in the 19th century was due to the location, the name South Kensington School ( s ) familiar.
The Royal College of Art has played a key role in the emergence of the modern school of British sculpture in the 1920s with students like Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, and in the development of Pop Art in the 1960s with students like Peter Blake and David Hockney.
After 130 years, the Institute was given in 1967 to the status of an independent university.
Well-known graduates of the RCA
- Frank Auerbach ( born 1931 ), German - British Painter
- Christopher Bailey ( b. 1971 ), British fashion designer
- Peter Blake ( b. 1932 ), British painter
- Tord Boontje ( b. 1968 ), Dutch designers
- Tim Brown (born 1962 ), British industrial designer
- Victor Burgin ( born 1941 ), British artist
- Jake and Dinos Chapman, British artist
- Sokari Douglas Camp (born 1958 ), Nigerian sculptor
- Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), British painter
- Tony Cragg ( b. 1949 ), English fine artist
- Richard Deacon ( born 1949 ), British artist
- Roger Dean ( born 1944 ), British designer
- Len Deighton ( born 1929 ), British historian and author
- James Dyson ( born 1947 ), British vacuum cleaner designer
- Frauke Eigen (born 1969 ), German photographer
- Tracey Emin ( b. 1963 ), the Turkish- British artist
- Hamish Fulton ( b. 1946 ), British photographer
- Konstantin Grcic (* 1965), German designer
- Murat Günak (* 1957), German automotive designer
- Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), British sculptor
- David Hockney ( b. 1937 ), British painter
- RB Kitaj (1932-2007), American painter
- Phillip King ( born 1934 ), British sculptor
- Peter Monnig (* 1955), German sculptor
- Henry Moore (1898-1986), English sculptor
- Malcolm Morley ( born 1931 ), British painter
- Jasper Morrison (born 1959), English designer
- Stephen D. Nash (born 1954 ), English animal artist
- Bridget Riley ( born 1931 ), English painter
- Peter Schreyer ( born 1953 ), German automotive designer
- Sir Ridley Scott ( born 1937 ), British director
- Tony Scott (1944-2012), British film director
- Jerszy Seymour ( b. 1968 ), Canadian designer
- Storm Thorgerson (1944-2013), British designer
- Joe Tilson ( b. 1928 ), British painter
- Philip Treacy (born 1967 ), Irish milliner and designer