- It was founded in 1887 as the “School of Arts and Crafts” under the Royal Economic Society of Friends of the Country.
- In 1910 it was officially recognised and renamed the Higher School of Industrial Arts.
- Later, in 1924, it broke away from the Industrial School and became the School of Arts and Crafts.
- The School, whose building was rebuilt in the mid-20th century, stands on Calle Martínez Molina, on the grounds of a former convent.
- More recently it was renamed School of Art, in reference to the painter José Nogué, who was a teacher there and its director.
More about this place…
The José Nogué School of Art stands in the heart of the old town of Jaén, on Calle Martínez Molina. The site it occupies once housed the Convent of the Noble Ladies of Our Lady of the Angels, which later became a casino, a barracks and finally a School of Arts. With more than a century of history, the school took the name of José Nogué, who was director of the School and of the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts of Jaén.
