Arts and Crafts School for Women | |
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Tegneskolen for Kvinder | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Historicism |
Location | Copenhagen |
Country | Denmark |
Coordinates | 55°40′36.9″N 12°35′58.29″E / 55.676917°N 12.5995250°E |
Completed | 1881 |
Owner | Danish Women's Society |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Vilhelm Klein |
Tegne- og Kunstindustriskolen for Kvinder (literally Draftsmanship and Industrial Design School for Women but sometimes referred to as the Arts and Crafts School for Women) was a private Danish educational establishment in Copenhagen. From 1875, it aimed to provide better facilities for women to develop competence in visual arts and handicrafts at a time when they were unable to enter the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. The school continued to operate until 1967 when it was merged with the Kunsthåndværkerskolen to form Skole for Brugskunst, later known as Danmarks Designskole.[1][2][3]
The school was from 1881 based at H. C. Andersens Boulevard 10. The building was designed in the Historicist style by Vilhelm Klein. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1993. The building is now operated as a women's refuge by the Danish Women's Society.
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