Walthamstow College of Art

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Art school in Walthamstow, England

The college building, now Waltham Forest College

Walthamstow College of Art was an art school based in Walthamstow, north-east London. In the 1970s, it was merged into North East London Polytechnic and is now part of the University of East London (UEL).[1][2] UEL's School of Architecture and the Visual Arts, is based at its Docklands Campus.[2][3]

In 2017, The William Morris Gallery hosted an exhibition, 'Be Magnificent', documenting some of its most famous alumni.[4]

## Notable alumni

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* Audrey Barker, artist
* Ian Dury, musician[5]
* Marion Foale, fashion designer[6]
* Peter Greenaway, film director, studied 1962-65[2]
* John Lloyd (graphic designer)
* Ken Russell, film director
* Vivian Stanshall, musician[5]
* Sally Tuffin, fashion designer and ceramicist[6]
* Valerie Wiffen, painter

## Notable staff

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* Peter Blake, artist[5]
* Daphne Brooker
* Margaret Green, painter[7]

## References

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1. ^ "Walthamstow School of Art". www.artbiogs.co.uk.
2. ^ a b c "Walthamstow College of Art alumnus Peter Greenaway awarded CBE". UEL. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
3. ^ "Walthamstow School of Art | Artist Biographies". www.artbiogs.co.uk. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
4. ^ William Morris Gallery. Be Magnificent
5. ^ a b c "Dury, Ian Robins (1942–2000)". ODNB. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
6. ^ a b "Marion Foale & Sally Tuffin". V&A. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
7. ^ Buckman, David (1 December 2003). "Margaret Green: Painter inspired by coastal Suffolk". The Independent. Retrieved 5 May 2019.

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