Dublin Society's Drawing School

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Dublin Society's Drawing School was an 18th-century Irish art and design institution in Dublin that trained architects, artists, and craftsmen, including notable figures such as James Hoban.

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Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century school
art school
design school
educational institution
associatedWith Irish Enlightenment cultural initiatives
promotion of design for industry in Ireland
country Ireland
fieldOfWork architectural drawing
art education
design education
draftsmanship
ornamental design
fundedBy Dublin Society
subscriptions and parliamentary grants via Dublin Society
hasEducationalObjective improvement of Irish arts and manufactures
support of Irish architecture
training in practical drawing skills
hasStudentIntake boys and young men
hasType publicly supported school
historicalSignificance contributed to professionalization of Irish artists and architects
early institutional center for art education in Ireland
inception 18th century
influenced Irish artistic training practices
development of Irish neoclassical architecture
languageOfInstruction English
locatedIn Dublin
locationPeriod Dublin in the 18th century
notableStudent Francis Wheatley
James Gandon
James Hoban
Thomas Ivory
Thomas Roberts
William Ashford
operatedBy Dublin Society
Royal Dublin Society
partOf Royal Dublin Society educational activities
regionServed Kingdom of Ireland
taughtSubject architectural drawing
design for manufacture
figure drawing
landscape drawing
ornamental drawing
timePeriod 18th century Ireland
trained architects
artists
craftsmen

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W.B. Yeats educatedAt Dublin Society's Drawing School
this entity surface form: Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin
James Hoban education Dublin Society's Drawing School