Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

National Art School

Art college that grew out of the drawing and art classes of the Technical and Working Men's College and has nurtured some of Sydney's most famous artists.

Milestone
Replaced
1996
Position
1937 - 1941
1948 - 1949
1956 - 1959
1958 - 1959
1960
1961 - 1974
1969 - 1973
Property
Comprises
Occupied
1921 -
Type

National Art School

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2010

The National Art School has been at the centre of Sydney's art scene for almost a century, and has nurtured the talents of generations of artists who have studied and worked in studios within the walls of the old Darlinghurst Gaol.