Henry Sass | |
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 Henry Sass[1] | |
| Born | 24 April 1788 London |
| Died | 1844 (aged 55–56) |
| Education | Royal Academy |
| Occupation | educator |
| Known for | founding a school for artists |
Henry Sass (24 April 1788 – 1844) was an English artist and teacher of painting, who founded an important art school, Sass's Academy (later "Cary's Academy"), in London, to provide training for those seeking to enter the Royal Academy. Many distinguished British painters received their early training here.[2] Such was Sass's commitment to art education that Sir David Wilkie said he could have "taught a stone to draw".[3]
- ^ Portraits of Henry sass (National Portrait gallery)
- ^ Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 310–1.
- ^ London higher: the establishment of higher education in London, Roderick Floud, p.282, 1998, accessed 15 August 2010