What had previously been known as Liverpool School of Art was granted the title of Regional College of Art for Liverpool by the
Ministry of Education in 1949. In 1970 Liverpool College of Art became part of the newly-formed Liverpool Polytechnic, which achieved university status as
Liverpool John Moores University in 1992. Amongst its former students are
John Lennon,
Cynthia Lennon,
John Meirion Morris,
Maurice Cockrill,
Ray Walker,
Stuart Sutcliffe,
Margaret Chapman,
Ruth Duckworth,
Phillida Nicholson and
Bill Harry.
Sir James Stirling studied there while working at an architect's office after leaving school. In 1975,
Clive Langer, Steve Allen, Tim Whittaker, Sam Davis,
Steve Lindsey,
John Wood and
Roy Holt (a mix of Fine Art students and tutors at the college) founded seminal 'art rock' band
Deaf School and went on to sign a record deal with Warner Bros Records US after being 'discovered' by former Beatles publicist and head of Warner Bros UK at the time
Derek Taylor. Deaf School are acknowledged as catalysts of the post-Beatles musical revival in the city. Staff at the Liverpool College of Art in the late 1950s (at the time of John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe) included
Walter Norman,
Julia Carter Preston, Arthur Ballard, Charles Burton, Nicholas Horsfield,
George Mayer-Marton, E. S. S. English, Alfred K. Wiffen,
Austin Davies, Philip Hartas, and the college's then-principal W. L. Stevenson.
June Furlong was a life model at the school for 48 years, from 1947 to 1995, having also modelled at the
Slade School of Fine Art,
Goldsmiths College and the
Royal College of Art and for
Augustus John,
Lucian Freud,
Frank Auerbach.
Notable alumni •
George Adamson •
Kay Anderson • Arthur Ballard •
Margaret Blundell •
Dorothy Bradford •
Margaret Chapman •
Helen Clapcott •
Maurice Cockrill •
May Louise Greville Cooksey •
Ruth Duckworth •
Edith Edmonds •
Jane Greenwood – costume designer •
Bill Harry •
Shirley Hughes – author and illustrator •
John Francis Kavanagh •
Edward Kelly •
Ronald William "Josh" Kirby •
Clive Langer •
John Lennon – musician •
John Meirion Morris •
Steve Lindsey •
Alexander Mackenzie •
Lilian Rathmell •
Isabel Rawsthorne •
Stanley Reed •
Sidney Sime •
Phoebe Stabler – sculptor •
James Stirling (architect) •
Stuart Sutcliffe •
Norman Thelwell – cartoonist •
Ray Walker •
Geoffrey Heath Wedgwood •
John Wood – design theorist == See also ==