Brooklyn Museum Art School

The Brooklyn Museum Art School (BMAS) was a non-degree-granting professional school that opened at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York in the summer of 1941. The Brooklyn Museum Art School provided instruction for amateur artists as well until January 1985, when it was transferred to the Pratt Institute’s Continuing Education Division.[1]

Brooklyn Museum

History

Prior to the creation of the BMAS, classes for amateur artists had been offered by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (BIAS), the Museum's parent organization. BIAS offered hands-on art classes dating back to 1893 on Montague Street in Brooklyn.[2]

The Brooklyn Museum Art School title was first used in the 1941-42 annual report from the Brooklyn Museum, remaining separate from the Brooklyn Museum's Education Department, which was directed towards children. During World War II the Brooklyn Museum Art School offered limited classes in painting, photography and drawing.

In 1945 the artist Augustus Peck became director of the school and expanded its offerings. As a result of the GI Bill the BMAS had very stable income and funding, allowing many prominent artists to teach or lecture at the school and the enrollment of the school rose to 3000.[2]

Artists included Augustus Peck, William Baziotes, Max Beckmann, Ben Shahn, and Reuben Tam. The enrollment number suffered as more institutions began to offer accredited programs in the fine arts during the late 1950s. A Bachelor of Fine Arts program in conjunction with Long Island University was planned to begin in 1959, but never came to fruition due to lack of funding.[3]

Notable students

Notable instructors
Francis Cunningham teaching at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, ca. 1979

References
  1. "Guide to the Records of the Brooklyn Museum Art School" (PDF). Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  3. "Brooklyn Museum of Art finding aid" (PDF). Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
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  6. "Art world loses a quiet feminist icon". Mumbai Mirror. July 13, 2020. Retrieved 2020-11-09. her time spent in New York with Prof. Jolyon Hofstead at the Brooklyn Museum Art School that impacted her profoundly,
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  8. Smith, Roberta (2016-06-30). "Bruce Conner's Darkness That Defies Authority (Published 2016)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  9. Micchelli, Thomas (2019-05-11). "Encountering "The Fulbright Triptych"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-11-09. Not only was Dinnerstein a professed printmaker, but he also hadn’t attempted a painting since he left the Brooklyn Museum Art School in 1967.
  10. Smith, Roberta (2018-12-14). "Irwin Hollander, 90, Master Lithographer Who Revived Fine Art, Dies (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  11. Sandomir, Richard (2018-04-30). "Gerson Leiber, 96, Dies; Artist Created Museum With Designer Wife (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-09. He also studied engraving at the Brooklyn Museum Art School.
  12. Cooks, Bridget; Tewes, Amanda (2020). Richard Mayhew: Painting Mindscapes and Searching for Sensitivity (PDF). Oral History Center and Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. J. Paul Getty Trust.
  13. Schneider, Julie (2020-09-21). "At 96 Years Old, Richard Mayhew Is Still Painting Transportive "Mindscapes"". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  14. Stanley-Becker, Isaac. "He dunked a crucifix in his own urine. His next artistic subject: Donald Trump". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-11-09. He dropped out of high school when he was 15, entered the Brooklyn Museum Art School when he was 17,
  15. "Collection Online, Robert Smithson". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  16. "Much of artist Tinkelman's work set in 1950s". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved 2020-11-09. He served during the Korean War and later continued his training at the Brooklyn Museum Art School.
  17. "Information Center for Israeli Art, Boaz Vaadia". The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  18. Gilson, Nancy (April 14, 2019). "Visual arts | Colorful, detailed images energize works of 92-year-old George Nick". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 2020-11-09.
  19. "Rae Ferren". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  20. Eisenstadt, Peter (2005-05-19). The Encyclopedia of New York State. Syracuse University Press. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-8156-0808-0.


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