John Charles Lewis Sparkes
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John Charles Lewis Sparkes (c.1833-11 December 1907) Born in Brixton, Lambeth UK. He trained at the National Art Training Schools as an art teacher.
An outstanding educator and initiated many innovative policies at Lambeth School of Art (later becoming the South London Technical School of Art where he was Superintendent of Studies, the college subsequently was renamed the City & Guilds of London Art School in 1937).
Headmaster 1875–1881, and 1881–1898, Principal of the Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
'Report of the Departmental Committee on the Royal College of Art' (1911), p. 60.
An outstanding educator and initiated many innovative policies at Lambeth School of Art (later becoming the South London Technical School of Art where he was Superintendent of Studies, the college subsequently was renamed the City & Guilds of London Art School in 1937).
Headmaster 1875–1881, and 1881–1898, Principal of the Royal College of Art (including National Art Training School)
'Report of the Departmental Committee on the Royal College of Art' (1911), p. 60.
Works
- 'A Handbook to the Practice of Painting' (1877)
- 'The Classical Composition of John Flaxman, Sculptor' (1879)
- 'Hints on Pottery Painting' (1885)
- 'A Manual of Artistic Anatomy' (1888)
- 'Wild Flowers in Art and Nature' (1894)
- 'Potters: their Arts and Crafts' (1897)