The American School of Design was founded as the New York School of Design in New York City, New York, in 1896. In 1935, it was located at 625 Fifth Avenue, and by the following year had relocated to 625 Madison Avenue. By 1942, it was located at 133 East 55th Street, under recently installed president Matlack Price. It remained in existence through at least the late 1940s. In addition to
fine art, the school also offered courses in
fashion design and
costume design. In 1928, it inaugurated the Warren O. Van Brunt Scholarship, determined by a competition among high-school students. In 1937, the first prize was a two-year scholarship and the second a one-year scholarship, with two honorable mentions supplying half-tuition. Its alumni included
children's book illustrators
Adrienne Adams and
Crosby Bonsall, and comic-book artists including
Bill Fraccio and
Fred Kida. It is unrelated to the New Bauhaus, American School of Design, in Chicago, Illinois. ==References==