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Robert Ashbee’s father was a merchant, bibliophile, and erotica aficionado. His mother a Jewish-Hamburgian suffragette. Their son, born in 1863, was a bright young man who rose above ‘the routine, stupidity, and brutality’ of his preparatory school to excel academically and read History at King’s College Cambridge. Upon graduating in 1886, his parents had relocated to Bloomsbury ...
Charles Robert Ashbee studyied history in Cambridge before he turned to architecture. He was taught by the architect G.F. Bodley in Whitechapel, London. Inspired by John Ruskin's writings and enthusiastic about Williams Morris' work and the fledgling Arts and Crafts movement, Charles R. Ashbee established courses in Whitechapel to revive crafts techniques and skills.
Charles Robert Ashbee was a prominent British artist, architect, and social reformer. Explore his artworks and influence at The Art Institute of Chicago.
12 de abr. de 2013 · Charles Robert Ashbee was born in London, the son of a prosperous city merchant. Educated at Wellington College and King's College, Cambridge, he was articled to G. F. Bodley. While working in Bodley's office Ashbee lived at Toynbee Hall, the pioneer University Settlement in Whitechapel where he initiated classes in art and craft which become ...
Charles Robert Ashbee afirmou que os princípios do Movimento <i>Arts and Crafts</i> foram desenvolvidos de maneira mais lógica e mais consistente nos Estados Unidos e na Europa do que na Grã-Bretanha.”
Charles Robert Ashbee besuchte das Wellington College und studierte von 1883 bis 1886 am King’s College an der University of Cambridge Geschichte. Er geriet unter den Einfluss von Edward Carpenter und begeisterte sich für das Werk von John Ruskin. Ashbee war dann ab 1886 Lehrling bei dem auf Kirchenbau spezialisierten Architekten George Frederick Bodley von Bodley and Garner. Er zog in die ...
1 de ene. de 2005 · Charles Robert Ashbee—architect, designer, social reformer, and a major force behind the Arts and Crafts Movement—was one of the most significant figures in British artistic and cultural life at the turn of the century. Inspired by the Romantic anti-industrialism of John Ruskin and William Morris, Ashbee started a small craft workshop in the East End of London in 1888 called the Guild of ...
