Grosvenor School Of Modern Art
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Situated at 33 Warwick Square in Pimlico
Pimlico
Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster. Like Belgravia, to which it was built as a southern extension, Pimlico is known for its grand garden squares and impressive Regency architecture....

, London,The Grosvenor School of Modern Art was a British Art School founded by the printmakers
Printmaking
Printmaking is the process of making artworks by printing, normally on paper. Printmaking normally covers only the process of creating prints with an element of originality, rather than just being a photographic reproduction of a painting. Except in the case of monotyping, the process is capable...

 and linocut
Linocut
Linocut is a printmaking technique, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or gouge, with the raised areas representing a reversal of the parts to show printed...

 artists Claude Flight
Claude Flight
Walter Claude Flight also known as Claude Flight or W. Claude Flight was a British artist who pioneered and popularised the linoleum cut technique. He also painted, illustrated and made wood cuts. He was the son of Walter Flight.Flight was a fervent promoter of the linoleum cut technique from the...

, Iain McNab, Cyril Edward Power and Sybil Andrews
Sybil Andrews
Sybil Andrews was a British-born Canadian printmaker best known for her modernist linocuts.-Life in England:...

 in 1925.

Attracting a cross-section of students from across the globe (including Swiss artist Lill Tschudi), The Grosvenor School of Modern Art became a leading force in the production and promotion of modernistic printmaking works while teaching a solid foundation of art history, with each artist lecturing on their speciality.

Three Antipodeans, Ethel Spowers, Dorrit Black and Eveline Syme became instrumental in organising exhibitions and promoting the school in Australia.
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