Hammersmith College of Art

Hammersmith College of Art and Building was founded in 1891 at Brook Green by Francis Hawke, with the establishment of a few evening classes to prepare students for science and art certificates. In 1904 the school was taken over by London County Council and a new building erected at Lime Grove, which opened with an extended curriculum in 1908. A trade school for girls was erected on the same site in 1914. From the outset, the College had a tradition of training and education in art closely associated with the building and craft profession. A new building was opened in 1930. Hammersmith College merged with Chelsea College of Art & Design in 1975. Alumni and staff include John Aldridge, Fred Brill, William Washington, Percy Gossop, Dudley Tennant, James Bateman, Ralph Brown, Carel Weight and Ruskin Spear.