Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style

Comments

Glasgow Museums has a collection of items related to Charles Rennie Mackintosh and the Glasgow Style. These date broadly from 1885 to 1949. This collection comprises decorative, fine and graphic arts by a number of Glasgow Style artists, designers and craftspeople, including Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret and Frances Macdonald, Jessie Marion King, Talwin Morris, George Walton and the firm of cabinetmakers Wylie and Lochhead. Work by Charles Rennie Mackintosh mainly relates to his tearoom interiors, furnishings and fittings, but also includes early graphic work, late watercolours and collaborative pieces by ‘The Four’. The Glasgow Style collection includes metalwork, enamelwork, furniture, interiors and furnishings, textiles, glass and stained glass, ceramics, gesso, works on paper and paintings. The Glasgow Style represented a distinctive style of decorative design produced by Glasgow artists and designers from about 1890 to 1920. Shaped by many designers and centred around the Glasgow School of Art, the Glasgow Style was Great Britain’s contribution to Art Nouveau, and Scotland’s significant contribution to the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Broader term

Scottish Decorative Arts and Design

Narrower term

'The Four'

Charles Rennie Mackintosh Tea Rooms

Jessie Marion King

Talwin Morris

The Glasgow Style Ceramics and Glass

The Glasgow Style Embroidery and Textiles

The Glasgow Style Furniture, Furnishings, Interiors and Architecture

The Glasgow Style Metalwork

The Glasgow Style Paintings and Works on Paper

Staff Contact

Alison Brown

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