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art education28
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art history10
art books9
periodicals8
broadcasting5
book reviews4
exhibitions4
letter writing4
students3

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Leeds, United Kingdom3
Nottingham, United Kingdom2
Woodbridge, United Kingdom2
Harrogate, United Kingdom1
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Rickmansworth, United Kingdom1
Savannah, Usa1
West Bretton, United Kingdom1
Zimbabwe, Africa1

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Published articles, broadcasts, essays and talks

1944-1997

Published articles, broadcasts, essays and talks by Maurice de Sausmarez on aspects of art and design education and art historical subjects. Includes a number of introductory essays for exhibition cat...

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Correspondence, drafts and fragments

1949-1969

Correspondence, drafts and fragments of writing by Maurice de Sausmarez, including book and exhibition reviews, articles for periodicals, letters from publishers and a substantial file of preparatory ...

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Research and notes

c. 1963

Handwritten and typewritten notes by Maurice de Sausmarez for his book 'Basic Design: Dynamics of Visual Form', originally published by Studio Vista in 1964. Includes lists of artists, art works and p...

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What Kind of Art Schools?

26 Sep 1958

Cutting from the Radio Times listing an episode of the Third Programme titled 'What Kind of Art Schools?', featuring a disucssion between Bruce Archer, Clifford Ellis, Mary Hoad, J.H. Holden, John Chr...

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Methods Change in Art: A reshaping of students' courses

c. 1958

Undated press cutting from an unidentifed publication titled 'Methods Change in Art: A reshaping of students' courses' by Maurice de Sausmarez, written during his time as Head of the Department of Fin...

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Artist and Public

22 Jan 1960

Annotated copy of a script for a recording of 'Artist and Public' by Maurice de Sausmarez, as part of a series of Talks for Sixth Forms on Modern Art, broadcast on the BBC Home Service on 22 January 1...

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Dissipated Octopuses

9 Apr 1959

Three copies of the Listener dated 9 April 1959, featuring the article 'Dissipated Octopuses' by Maurice de Sausmarez, pp. 629-631. This manifesto on art education for adolescents was first broadcast ...

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Playing it Safe?

Mar 1960

Offprint of an article by Maurice de Sausmarez titled 'Playing it Safe?' Published in Motif: A Journal of the Visual Arts, 4 (March 1960), pp. 2-3. De Sausmarez discussed the poor state of intellectua...

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Introduction: The artist and public today

1960

Printed pamphlet on Talks for Sixth Forms, part of the BBC Broadcasts for Schools series for the spring term of 1960. The text for Maurice de Sausmarez's introduction to the series on Modern Art, 'The...

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Recent Figurative Painting

1960

Four copies of a printed catalogue to the exhibition 'Recent Figurative Painting' at the Art Gallery Portland Building, organised by the Department of Fine Art at the University of Nottingham. The exh...

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Notes, drafts and fragments

c.1950-1969

Undated handwritten and typewritten notes, drafts and fragments of writing by Maurice de Sausmarez, the majority of which were made in preparation for publications, with some preparatory notes for tea...

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Diploma Daze

27 Jun 1963

Two press cuttings, two pages and one copy of the Guardian from 27 June 1963, with an article titled 'Diploma Daze' by Maurice de Sausmarez, p. 6. The article discusses the impact of the Summerson Com...

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