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Manchester School of Art in Manchester, England, was established in 1838 as the Manchester School of Design. It is the second oldest art school in the United Kingdom after the Royal College of Art which was founded the year before. [ 1 ]
Image Location Description 84 Plymouth Grove: Manchester: Neoclassical villa and former home of the Gaskell family built c.1838. Its neoclassical style is rare in Manchester. Grade II* listed building. Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art: Manchester: Agency for Chinese art established in 1986. Gallery of Costume: Fallowfield
Manchester Art Gallery, formerly Manchester City Art Gallery, is a publicly owned art museum on Mosley Street in Manchester city centre, England. The main gallery premises were built for a learned society in 1823 and today its collection occupies three connected buildings, two of which were designed by Sir Charles Barry .
This is a list of public art in Greater Manchester, England, split according to metropolitan district. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork that is only visible inside a museum.
The Manchester Academy of Fine Arts (MAFA) was founded in 1859 by artists eager to promote art and education. It was originally based in the building on Mosley Street which is now Manchester Art Gallery where annual exhibitions and classes were held.
The majority of Manchester's listed buildings date from the Victorian (1837–1901) and Edwardian (1901–1911) eras, most as a consequence of the Industrial Revolution. In England and Wales , the authority for listing is granted by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 and is administered by English Heritage , an ...
The image set has been assessed under the valued image set criteria and is considered the most valued set on Commons within the scope: Locator maps of the Ceremonial counties of England You can see its nomination at Commons:Valued image candidates/Locator maps of English ceremonial counties .
Knight (1837–1909) was a member of the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts, joining in January 1868.He withdrew in 1879 and was re-elected in 1883. He was also elected a member of the Dudley Gallery, the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, the Royal Etchers, the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art, the Limners Club and Art-Min-Afon, Betws-y-Coed.