Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and artist is celebrated around the world as one of the most creative figures of the early 20th century. He was born one of eleven children in the Townhead area of Glasgow, close to Glasgow’s St. Mungo’s Cathedral. From these beginnings, he has become one of the most celebrated …
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was largely unappreciated in Britain but in Europe he was a leading figure.
Dans le Kelvingrove Museum, l'exposition "Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style" présente l'origine du style de Glasgow, Il commente les oeuvres et la vie de l'architecte, peintre et designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh, de son épouse Margaret Macdonald et de sa soeur Frances Macdonald, en particulier leur exposition commune à la Sécession de Vienne en 1900, puis la conception des intérieurs des salons de thé de Mme Cranston. L'exposition aborde l'impact sur la décoration intérieure des relations qu'ont entretenues les artistes de l'Ecole de Glasgow avec les industriels de l'époque. Le travail des métaux, de l'émail et du verre entre 1880 et 1920 sont illustrés. www.glasgowmuseums.com/venue/index.cfm?venueid=4
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Glasgow School of Art is not the only building designed by the Charles Rennie Mackintosh that is at risk.
This Rennie Mackintosh building is perfect for an arty couple. Find out more here.
The Mackintosh Room, the original Board Room in the Mackintosh Building
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh 1868 - 1928 When we first moved to Glasgow in the 60s the name Charles Rennie Mackintosh did not trip so readily off the tongue as today. For many, style and design was still in its infancy, being highlighted for some by the arrival of contemporary Scandinavian designs. Most people would struggle to tell their Art Nouveau from their Art Deco but the terms were slowly beginning to enter our vocabulary. I am not suggesting that Mackintosh was unknown, but the acknowledgement of his style and creative architecture belonged mainly to architects, curators of museums/art galleries, and those who wrote on design. One of our very good friends in Glasgow was an architect who along with other architects was responsible for partially rescuing one of Mackintosh's finest domestic creations, Hill House, Helensburgh. Commissioned by the publisher Walter Blackie in 1902 it had become rather sad and neglected. It is now in the care of the National Trust for Scotland who completed its restoration. The top floor is leased to the Landmark Trust, and it is possible to rent it for holidays. Hill House It was through our architect friend that we discovered Rennie Mackintosh and his buildings in Glasgow and the surrounding area. We became intrigued by his furniture, paintings, metalwork, buildings and his collaboration with his wife, Margaret MacDonald, her sister Frances MacDonald, and her husband Herbert MacNair, who became collectively known as 'The Four'. The Willow Tea-rooms designed for Miss. Cranston in Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow all above images via One of Mackintosh's supreme architectural achievements was the Glasgow Art School which is still a working educational institution with the interior virtually intact. Mackintosh's buildings were a complete package, he designed the interior of the building, the furniture, the curtain fabrics, often embellished with embroidery by his wife, the metal work and all the artefacts too. If you click here you can see a 360 degree interactive panoramic of Glasgow Art School library which shows the influences of Japanese style on his design. Do use your mouse to look up at the ceiling and see the design of his light fittings along with subtle splashes of red, green, white and blue paintwork highlighting the simple carving on the dark stained wood. above images via Later in life, still relatively young, but disillusioned by the lack of commissions he became disheartened with architecture and started painting in watercolours. As a result of their financial hardships, he and his wife moved to Port-Vendres, a Mediterranean coastal town in southern France where at the time it was cheaper to live, and there he painted. They stayed in France for two years, before being forced to return to London in 1927 due to Mackintosh being ill. He died the following year at the age of 60 years from cancer. I wonder what he would think now if he knew the extent of his renown and the fact that Charles Rennie Mackintosh tours in Scotland are such a big tourist attraction? Some of the watercolour paintings he did whilst living in France can be seen here. via
We stumbled across this amazing museum in the mountains of Takayama Japan that was basiclly devoted to french art nouveau, and Mackintosh. It was the weirdest thing, and pretty sweet.
The Glasgow School of Art
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and designer who was a leader of the Glasgow style in Great Britain. In collaboration with three other students (collectively known as ‘The Four’), Mackintosh achieved an international reputation in the 1890s as a designer of unorthodox posters, craftwork, and furniture.
a sunny day View On Black www.abbozzo.co.uk/
We stumbled across this amazing museum in the mountains of Takayama Japan that was basiclly devoted to french art nouveau, and Mackintosh. It was the weirdest thing, and pretty sweet.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s architectural masterpiece turns art into a home.
Glasgow’s most famous son was born 150 years ago. An exhibition takes us back to a time when the city was at the cutting edge of modernism
LOCATED AT: 215 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3EX, United Kingdom www.mackintoshatthewillow.com Willow Tea Rooms Trust www.willowteamroomstrust.org As an architect and designer…
Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Blue floral motifs. Design for a textile, Scottish, c.1918
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A detail of some original Rennie Mackintosh designed furniture in the Mackintosh Room, Glasgow School of Art.
In the realm of Architectural art, the leading light was the Glaswegian Scot Charles Rennie Mackintosh. His best known work is the Glasgow School of Art, which by the way ;-) appears on a Great Britain stamp set issued to commemorate Glasgow's 1990 designation of the European City of Culture
This Rennie Mackintosh building is perfect for an arty couple. Find out more here.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and designer who was a leader of the Glasgow style in Great Britain. In collaboration with three other students (collectively known as ‘The Four’), Mackintosh achieved an international reputation in the 1890s as a designer of unorthodox posters, craftwork, and furniture.
