Art Workers' Guild

Art Workers' Guild
AbbreviationAWG
Formation1884; 140 years ago (1884)
TypeArts organisation
Legal statusRegistered charity[1]
PurposeTo Advance Education In All The Visual Arts And Crafts[1]
Headquarters6 Queen Square, London, WC1N 3AT
Region served
Predominantly UK
Membership
350
Master
Tracey Sheppard
Websitehttp://www.artworkersguild.org

The Art Workers' Guild is an organisation established in 1884 by a group of British painters, sculptors, architects, and designers associated with the ideas of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement.[2][3] The guild promoted the 'unity of all the arts', denying the distinction between fine and applied art.[4][5] It opposed the professionalisation of architecture – which was promoted by the Royal Institute of British Architects at this time – in the belief that this would inhibit design.[6][7][8] In his 1998 book, Introduction to Victorian Style, University of Brighton's David Crowley stated the guild was "the conscientious core of the Arts and Crafts Movement".[9]

  1. ^ a b "Art Workers' Guild Trustees Ltd Charity number: 313228". The Charity Commission for England & Wales. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. ^ Henri Jean Louis Joseph Massé. The Arts Workers' Guild, 1884-1934.
  3. ^ Platman. L (2009). Art Workers Guild: 125 Years. Unicorn Press. ISBN 9781906509057.
  4. ^ Whyte. W (4 October 2007). "Founder members of the Art-Workers' Guild (act. 1884-1899)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/96545. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Mallalieu. H (14 November 2014). "Glittering auction for art workers' hall". The Times.
  6. ^ Crouch. C (2002). Design Culture in Liverpool, 1880-1914: The Origins of the Liverpool School of Architecture. Liverpool University Press. pp. 61–63. ISBN 9780853238843.
  7. ^ Dungavell. I (1997). "Two Arts and Crafts Interiors by Aston Webb". The Journal of the Decorative Arts Society 1850 - the Present (21): 103–115. JSTOR 41809259.
  8. ^ Charles Harvey, Jon Press (1991). William Morris: Design and Enterprise in Victorian Britain. Manchester University Press. p. 186. ISBN 9780719024184.
  9. ^ "The Art Workers Guild". The Victorian Web. Retrieved 17 October 2021.