| Admin/Biog History | The Art Workers' Guild was established in 1884 by a group of British painters, sculptors, architects, and designers associated with the ideas of Augustus Pugin, John Ruskin, William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement. Stamp joined the Art Workers Guild in 1973, as a graphic artist and designer. Over the years he had a number of roles including being a committee member and honorary librarian.
The Art Workers Guild held a centenary exhibition at Brighton Museum 29 Sep-25 Nov 1984, called Beauty's Awakening. Stamp contributed to the exhibition catalogue, and held an advisory role with Brighton Museum on the Guilds behalf. |
| Description | This file includes material concerning Stamp's research into the Art Workers Guild for his essay for the centenary exhibition catalogue. It also includes material concerning Stamp's involvement with the planning of the centenary exhibition and accompaning catalogue. It includes annotated drafts for the following essays:
-Stamp, 'A Hundred Years of The Art Workers Guild'
-Richard Murray, 'The Art Workers Guild And Its Survival'
-David Ottewill, 'Garden Architecture Of The Art Workers Guild'
-Peyton Skipwith, 'Furniture And The Guild Tradition'
-Anthony Ballantine, 'Pattern-Designing'
-Leanne Janett, 'The Art Workers Guild And 100 Years Of British Sculpture'
-Alan Powers, 'The Art Workers Guild - The Painter As Craftsman'
-Dorothy Bosomworth, 'Mosaic'
-David Birch, 'Ceramics And The Art Workers Guild'
-Simon Rendall, 'The Art Of The Book'
-Peter Shepheard, 'Foreword'
Also includes a copy of a lecture text written by Stephen Dykes Bower, 'Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral And The Art Workers Guild' |