....in House for an Art Lover, constructed to the design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
In 1901, the drawings were an entry in a competition to design a “Haus Eines Kunstfreundes” or “Art Lovers House” in a German design magazine. But Charles Rennie Mackintosh (CRM) was late in submitting some drawings and was disqualified.
The house was finally constructed to is design here in Glasgow, completed in 1990.
Oh my! It's almost as if they have tried to incorporate an organ pipe style into the piano there. Doesn't look quite the full 7.5 octaves but with those hard surfaces around, it should make a nice sound. Fascinating bit of history there.
Superb composition and lots of wonderful detail, must be a fantastic place to visit, I love the works of the Glasgow Four and in particular Rennie Mackintosh:)
Gorgeous- I went with my friend to Glasgow to view his work, it was after the fire though so limited articles in the college but they are reconstructing the old building to its former glory so we will be going back!
I guess it does look a bit clinical. I found it rather unusual the first visit, have now been 2 or 3 times and it really speaks to me. CRM did some lovely flower studies whilst living in my native Suffolk before WW1 and we have a couple of prints on our wall. Because of his German connections he was hounded by the locals and police who thought he was a spy and he and his wife had to move to London. He spent the last 4 years of his life in France and we went on a 'pilgrimage' one year to the places where he had been. (Sorry, did not start out to write all this!)
I think not. See my today's post.
I guess it does look a bit clinical. I found it rather unusual the first visit, have now been 2 or 3 times and it really speaks to me. CRM did some lovely flower studies whilst living in my native Suffolk before WW1 and we have a couple of prints on our wall. Because of his German connections he was hounded by the locals and police who thought he was a spy and he and his wife had to move to London. He spent the last 4 years of his life in France and we went on a 'pilgrimage' one year to the places where he had been. (Sorry, did not start out to write all this!)
I guess the white does give a somewhat clinical feel at first!
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