Women in the Nineteenth-Century Art World: Schools of Art and Design for Women in London and Philadelphia - Hardcover

by F. Graeme Chalmers (Author)

A historical perspective on current issues, such as gender and class, is applied to art education and rendered through the study of two specific institutions, the Female School of Design in London and the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Sweeping generalizations are avoided as women's history, intertwined with men's, unfolds in two cities on opposite continents. Women's struggles against male domination and prejudice to define for themselves art education for work provides the common theme uniting the social issues explored. Through this unique examination of the relationship between the two schools, women's place in British and American art education is reclaimed.

Author Biography

F. Graeme Chalmers is Professor of Art Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. A distinguished fellow of the National Art Education Association, he has served as chief examiner in Art/Design for the International Baccalaureate Organization and as a vice president of the International Society of Education through Art.