American School of Design
{{Short description|Former art school in New York City}}{{Infobox university
| former_name = New York School of Design
| established = {{start date|1896}}
| closed = 1940s
| campus_type = Urban
}}
The American School of Design, formerly known as the New York School of Design, was an art school founded in 1896 in New York City. Alumni included children's book illustrators Adrienne Adams and Crosby Bonsall, and comic-book artists including Bill Fraccio and Fred Kida.
History
The American School of Design was founded as the New York School of Design in New York City, New York,{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1936/05/16/archives/dalton-school-show.html | title= Dalton School Show | work= The New York Times | date= May 16, 1936| page=13| quote= The American School of Design (formerly the New York School of Design, will hold its annual exhibition at the school studio, 625 Madison Avenue....}} Abstract; full article requires subscription. in 1896.{{cite web| url = http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=aeshm_pubs | date= November 2007 | title=American Fashions for American Women: Early Twentieth Century Efforts to Develop an American Fashion Identity| first1=Sara B. |last1=Marcketti| first2=Jean L. | last2= Parsons | publisher = Iowa State University|page=12 |accessdate=September 1, 2015 | archivedate= September 1, 2015 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150901004400/http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=aeshm_pubs | url-status=live}} In 1935, it was located at 625 Fifth Avenue,{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1935/10/14/archives/many-art-shows-to-open-this-week-carnegie-international-exhibit-at.html | title= Many Art Shows to Open This Week | work=The New York Times | date= October 14, 1935| accessdate=September 1, 2015 | page =15}} Abstract; full article requires subscription. and by the following year had relocated to 625 Madison Avenue.{{cite news | url =https://www.nytimes.com/1936/05/24/archives/in-the-art-galleries-comment-on-a-score-of-recently-opened.html | title=In the Art Galleries: Comment on a Score of Recently Opened Exhibitions | first=Howard|last= Devree| work=The New York Times |date=May 24, 1936| accessdate=September 1, 2015|page= 8 (Section 9)}} Abstract; full article requires subscription. By 1942, it was located at 133 East 55th Street, under recently installed president Matlack Price.{{cite news| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1942/06/14/archives/courses-are-streamlined-american-school-of-design-acts-to-aid.html | title=Courses Are Streamlined: American School of Design Acts to Aid Defense| work=The New York Times |date= June 14, 1942|page=82|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} Abstract; full article requires subscription. It remained in existence through at least the late 1940s.{{cite news| url =https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/16/archives/long-island-weekly-artists-in-brush-with-zone-law.html| title=Artists in Brush With Zone Law|first= Mary|last=Descahmps|date=March 16, 1980| work=The New York Times |page= LL3 (Long Island Weekly Section)|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} Abstract; full article requires subscription.
In addition to fine art, the school also offered courses in fashion design{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1938/03/27/archives/students-in-style-show-american-school-of-design-pupils-model-own.html | title= Students in Style DShow: American School of Design Pupils Model Own Creations| work=The New York Times | date= March 27, 1938| accessdate=September 1, 2015|page= 37}} Abstract; full article requires subscription. and costume design.{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1939/09/29/archives/business-notes.html| title= Business Notes| work=The New York Times |date= September 29, 1939|page=44|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} Abstract; full article requires subscription.
In 1928, it inaugurated the Warren O. Van Brunt Scholarship, determined by a competition among high-school students. In 1937, the first prize was a two-year scholarship and the second a one-year scholarship, with two honorable mentions supplying half-tuition.{{cite news | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1937/05/26/archives/chool-of-design-gives-scholarships-high-school-pupils-in-new-jersey.html | title= School of Design Gives Scholarships | work=The New York Times |date=May 26, 1937|page =23|accessdate=September 1, 2015}} Abstract; full article requires subscription.
Its alumni included children's book illustrators Adrienne Adams and Crosby Bonsall,{{cite news| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/20/obituaries/crosby-bonsall-74-children-s-author.html | title = Crosby Bonsall, 74, Children's Author| date= January 20, 1995 | work=The New York Times |accessdate=September 1, 2015}} and comic-book artists including Bill Fraccio and Fred Kida.Bob Fujitani interview, Alter Ego (April 2003, p. 4, flipside "All the Way with MLJ!" section)
It is unrelated to the New Bauhaus, American School of Design, in Chicago, Illinois.
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Category:1896 establishments in New York City
Category:Educational institutions established in 1896
Category:Educational institutions disestablished in the 1940s