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The Ruskin is uniquely positioned as an intimately-scaled art school (about 130 students) embedded within a research-intensive university. Its dynamic, inter-disciplinary structure allows artists and theorists to work closely together and to respond quickly and flexibly to developments within the…
The School was originally founded to encourage artisanship and technical skills. It now provides undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications in the production and study of visual art. The subject is taught as a living element of contemporary culture with a broad range of historical and theoretical references. [5]
The Ruskin is uniquely positioned as an intimately-scaled art school (about 130 students) embedded within a research-intensive university.
Armed with a teaching collection of more than 800 watercolours and drawings and more than 400 prints, including works by Dürer, Tintoretto and J. M. W. Turner, the school was originally housed in the University Galleries.
The Ruskin, as it is known, is the Fine Art Department of the University of Oxford. In an intimate and dynamic environment, the school gathers together cutting edge contemporary artists and art theorists with some of the brightest and most creative art students.
The Ruskin School of Art is a world-leading, intimate art school at the heart of the University of Oxford. It was established in 1871, with an endowment from the art critic John Ruskin, and it has a rich history of notable tutors and alumni.
The drawing school which he endowed is today’s Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art. Ruskin divided the Collection into four main series.
