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Charles heath wilson michelangelo biography
He was born in London, the son of Andrew Wilson, the landscape painter and art importer, and, after intense study of ancient architectural ornament in Italy, he returned to Britain in 1833, and eventually became Director of the Schools of Design in London, 1843-48.
It was in this capacity that he co-founded, together with John Mossman and others, the world renowned Glasgow School of Art (then known as the Glasgow School of Design) in 1843. As its headmaster from 1848-63, Wilson was in close contact with the Mossmans who were teaching many of the sculptors and carvers who produced the bulk of the city's architectural sculpture and monuments in the Necropolis, and who studied their craft at evening classes held in the school�s original home in Ingram Street.
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