Ealing Art College
education institute in London
Ealing Art College was a school of higher education. It was on St Mary's Road, in Ealing, London, England. The art school began in 1957.
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In the early 1960s, the School of Art taught fashion design, graphic design, photography, music and art.[1] The college was attended by Freddie Mercury, Ronnie Wood and Pete Townshend, who later became famous rock music performers.[2] There was also a School of Liberal Arts. It taught language courses in French, Spanish, German and Russian.
On the campus site now is the University of West London.
Notable musicians
change- Pete Townshend - lead guitarist of The Who
- Freddie Mercury - lead singer of Queen
- Roger Ruskin Spear - saxophone and theremin player in The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band[3]
- Ronnie Wood - guitarist with The Faces and The Rolling Stones
References
change- ↑ "Ealing School Of Art 1957". British Pathe Studios. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ "Freddie studied at Ealing Art College, where his contemporaries included Peter Townshend and Ronnie Wood. It was here that he started thinking about pursuing a career in music". Odd Stuff Magazine. 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ↑ Richards, Matt; Langthorne, Mark (2016). Somebody to Love: The Life, Death and Legacy of Freddie Mercury. Simon and Schuster. p. 151. ISBN 978-1-68188-188-1. Retrieved 2 August 2017.