Herbert Read and the Reform in Art Education in the United Kingdom : A Consideration on the Dialogues between Critics and an Educator

Abstract

This article throws some new light on the initial approach by Herbert Read, the author of "Education through Art (1943)", to the movement of reform in art education in the United Kingdom in the 1930's, through investigation of the materials that show his relationship with an art critic, Roger Fry and an educator, Marion Richardson. It mainly discusses the historical positioning of Read's theory on art education, his tendency to favor a type of aesthetic revolution that affects the whole school curriculum and also human life by the training of sensation through art, and the relationships between theory and practice in teaching.