Blind Window, Certosa di Pavia
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- 1891
Painted on Mackintosh's tour of Italy in 1891 with Alexander 'Greek' Thomson travelling scholarship.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
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Blind Window, Certosa di Pavia
Painted on Mackintosh's tour of Italy in 1891 with Alexander 'Greek' Thomson travelling scholarship.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
In art nouveau frame drawn in ink on brown backing paper: The Harvest Moon, Chas. R. Mackintosh, 1893, To John Keppie, October 1894.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Bound in volume, The Magazine, November, 1894.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Appears in The Magazine, April 1894. 'The central figure is based upon that used in the 1893 design for a diploma for the GSA and like that in 'The Harvest Moon', has wings like an angel. Here, however, she appears naked and her outstretched arms and hair merge and are transformed into barren tree-like forms. These descend to the horizon behind which the sun is gradually disappearing under the feet of the winged figure. From the bottom of the picture, and directly beneath the sun, rises a flight of menacing birds. They are presumably nocturnal birds of prey and they seem to be flying directly towards the viewers. This is one of Mackintosh's earliest uses of this strange bird, which was to become more stylised and to appear in many different forms, in several media in his oeuvre.' (Roger Billcliffe).
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Bound in volume, The Magazine, November 1894.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Bound in volume, The Magazine, November 1894. 'Behind a stylised tree stands another of Mackintosh's mysterious female figures, but this is the first one to appear that is not meticulously drawn. Only the head is shown in any detail, and the shape of the body is hidden by a voluminous cloak from which not even its limbs appear. This figure was to be repeated many times, becoming more and more stereotyped until, with the banners designed for the Turin Exhibition in 1902, the head is the only recognisably human part of a figure with a twelve-foot long, pear shaped torso. In 1895-96, Mackintosh was to develop this drawing into a poster for the Scottish Musical Review (Howarth, p1, 9F). The same cloaked figure appears with similar formal emblems at the ends of the branches of the bush.' (Roger Billcliffe).
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
From The Magazine, April 1894. The long text by Mackintosh which accompanies this watercolour in The Magazine (reproduced in full in Billcliffe's catalogue) suggests that he had already encountered public hostility to his work, possibly even from fellow students, on the grounds of incomprehensibility.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
From The Magazine, Spring 1896. Inscribed: The Tree of Personal Effort, The Sun of Indifference, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, January 1895.' The exact meaning of the symbolism of this work, and its companion, 'The Tree of Influence' has eluded all commentators on Mackintosh's early water-colours. The obvious source of the symbolism is nature, and Mackintosh here reaches his most extreme distortion of organic forms.' (Roger Billcliffe).
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
From The Magazine, Spring 1896. Inscribed: The Tree of Influence, The Tree of Importance, The Sun of Cowardice, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Jan 1895.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Bound in volume, The Magazine, Spring 1896. One of three watercolours depicting the seasons drawn for The Magazine.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
There are 4 known surviving volumes: The Magazine 1893, The Magazine April 1894, The Magazine November 1894, The Magazine 1896.
The Magazine was a publication of original writings and designs by students from the Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland, and their friends. Appearing in 4 volumes between November 1893 and Spring 1896, The Magazine contains text from contributors handwritten by Lucy Raeburn, editor, accompanied by original illustrations. These volumes are the only known copies of The Magazine. In addition to rare, early watercolours and designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, the volumes contain early designs by Frances MacDonald and Margaret MacDonald, at a stage in their development which has been labelled 'Spook School', and two sets of photographs by James Craig Annan, when he was beginning to establish a reputation at home and abroad. Among other contributors were Janet Aitken, Katherine Cameron, Agnes Raeburn and Jessie Keppie, all of whom enjoyed lengthy careers in art and design.
The Magazine is similar to an album amicorum such as those which originated in the middle of the 16th century among German university students, who collected autographs of their friends and notable persons, sometimes adding coats of arms and illustrations. The Magazine resembled the album amicorum in that contributions were by a close group of students and their friends and is all the more interesting because the illustrations were produced by young people who had a common social background, were trained at the same school, and subjected to the same artistic influences. The contributors were closely linked, some by family, some by romantic attachments and had close social connections. Other contributors include C Kelpie, John M Wilson, Jane Keppie, and Ethel M Goodrich. Source: Jude Burkhauser, Glasgow Girls: women in art and design (Edinburgh : Canongate, 1990).
Raeburn, Lucy
From The Magazine, Spring 1896. The shadow does not correspond with the object in front; it touches it and echoes it but is different.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Roof of Napton Church, Norfolk
Sketch of three angels playing musical instruments.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh's style here is the closest he came to that of Margaret and Frances Macdonald, but his figures are always more substantial and the subject matter less whimsical than theirs.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 8)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 9)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 16)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 20)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 23)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 31)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 33)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 37)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 39)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 1)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 4)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
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Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 6)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 14)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 17)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 18)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
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Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 27)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 29)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 40)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 2)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 3)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
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Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
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Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
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Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 21)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 26)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 34)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 35)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 36)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 38)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 41)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 43)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 46)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 7)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 11)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie