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- 27 Aug 1894
Bound in volume, The Magazine, November, 1894.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Bound in volume, The Magazine, November, 1894.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Roof of Napton Church, Norfolk
Sketch of three angels playing musical instruments.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Plate 3 North Elevation from Portfolio of Prints
An Art-Lover's house competition. Portfolio published 1902. In 1901 the Zeitschrift fur Innen-Dekoration of Darmstadt organised an international competition for the design of an Art Lover's House. The 1st prize was shared among 16 entrants, Baillie Scott recieved 2nd prize and 3rd prizes were also awarded. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified as his interior drawings were not finished in time for the competition deadline, but when they arrived he was awarded a special purchase prize of 600 marks by the publishers. The original drawings cannot now be traced, but in 1902 Alexander Koch published them as a portfolio in 'Meister Der Innenkunst' with an introduction by Herman Muthesius. A portfolio was presented by Mackintosh to the GSA and a 2nd set of prints, framed, is in the GSA collection.Muthesius in his introduction to the 'Meister der Innen Kunst' portfolio, stresses the impact and novelty of Mackintosh's design. 'The exterior architecture of the building... exhibits an absolutely original character, unlike anything else known... The mass of the building consists of a large plain black, without any breaking up of the walls, the effect being sought for in unbroken uniform surfaces... the windows have the appearance of accidental openings deeply recessed in the walls... Ornament, save in two or three places, is conspicuously absent, all allurements being sternly repressed in order that the desired effect of plainness reticence and therewithal of mystery and height, might be revealed as strongly as possible.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Plate 10 The Nursery from Portfolio of Prints
An Art-Lover's house competition. Portfolio published 1902. In 1901 the Zeitschrift fur Innen-Dekoration of Darmstadt organised an international competition for the design of an Art Lover's House. The 1st prize was shared among 16 entrants, Baillie Scott recieved 2nd prize and 3rd prizes were also awarded. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified as his interior drawings were not finished in time for the competition deadline, but when they arrived he was awarded a special purchase prize of 600 marks by the publishers. The original drawings cannot now be traced, but in 1902 Alexander Koch published them as a portfolio in 'Meister Der Innenkunst' with an introduction by Herman Muthesius. A portfolio was presented by Mackintosh to the GSA and a 2nd set of prints, framed, is in the GSA collection. One of the three perspectives submitted by Mackintosh after the competition had been judged. The fitted furniture, benches and table are all loosely based on those designed for William Davidson's house Windyhill. Interesting features are the lighting standards with their tree like arrangement of lamps and the gesso panel over the fireplace, possibly depicting an episode from the Sleeping Beauty Story, credited to Margaret Macdonald. (Roger Billcliffe).
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for the Grand Hall, Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901
The competition, held in 1898, was won by the Glasgow architect James Miller with a considerably more ornate design for a 'bit of Spanish baroque confectionery' (McLaren Young). Like Miller's, Mackintosh's design derives from James Sellars' for the 1888 Glasgow exhibition, but simplified. 'The dome, perhaps a prerequisite for Glasgow exhibitions, remained, but it was presented with severe geometricality, with an Art Nouveau lantern surmounted by a Chinese coolie hat.'
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Liverpool Cathedral: preliminary sketch
Preliminary sketch of building. The competition for the Liverpool Anglican Cathedral was won by Giles Gilbert Scott. Mackintosh's design was unpremeditated, although it drew comment.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for fireplace, Morning Room, Prospecthill House
Design for Miss Rowat. The job books indicate that this commission was carried out, but no photographs exist to indicate how closely the executed work followed this design. A completely new motif is introduced with the wavy apron below the top shelf which provides relief to an otherwise rigidly geometrical design.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for a Memorial Fireplace, The Dug-Out, Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow
Inscribed: This room was opened by Miss Cranston in the year 1917 during the Great European War between the Allied Nations and the Central Powers.The Dug-Out, which Miss Cranston created in the basement of the Willow Tea Rooms was Mackintosh's last work in Glasgow (designed while he was living in London) and develops his new style seen in 78 Derngate. A dramatic interior was created with black ceilings and dark walls highlighted by strong colours in the decorations. The centrepiece was the Memorial Fireplace, decorated with inlaid glass and paintings of the flags of the opposing nations; above the commemorative plaque was a panel of stencilled decoration in chequers, diamonds and triangles, all in the bright colours used in the Derngate frieze. Two interior elevations indicate Mackintosh's schemes for decoration and furniture, some of which survives.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Conversazione Programme
Designed for the Glasgow Architectural Association.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of basement floor
Architectural drawing showing basement floor plan.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: elevation to Renfrew Street
Architectural drawing showing north elevation. The main difference between the completed North elevation and that shown in the 1896-97 design is the addition of an attic storey, but by setting back the upper row of windows Mackintosh made them quite invisible from Renfrew Street.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of first floor
Architectural drawing showing first floor plan.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plan of first floor
Architectural drawing showing first floor plan.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: additions to South-East wing - lower left
Architectural drawing showing various additions to building. The handwriting suggests that this sketch plan was not drawn by Mackintosh himself, but probably by a draughtsman in his office.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Glasgow School of Art Club invitation card (Version 2)
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: plans for fire exit - East wing
Architectural detail of Mackintosh Building.
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
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 5)
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
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 25)
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
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 10)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 15)
Part of Papers of Jessie Keppie, artist and student of The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Mackintosh sketchbook (Page 19)
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
Design for the Dug-Out, Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow
Design for the staircase and vestibule, West Elevation, The Dug-Out, Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Miss Cranston and her husband Major Cochrane commissioned Mackintosh to redesign the interiors of their home Hous'hill at Nitshill. Mackintosh designed several suites of furniture in 1904 and more pieces in 1909. Stripes are the dominant motif in the decorations, in the panels over the settle and between the doors where they are carried over the ceiling as in the guest bedroom at 78 Derngate. The lampshades are also similar to those used in this bedroom. (Roger Billcliffe). The lattice work recalls the hall at Derngate, but here it is used as an open screen rather than with solid or glazed panels. The only furniture that has been traced is the chair at the writing desk and the small table.
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
Plate 14 The Dining Room from Portfolio of Prints
An Art-Lover's house competition. Portfolio published 1902. In 1901 the Zeitschrift fur Innen-Dekoration of Darmstadt organised an international competition for the design of an Art Lover's House. The 1st prize was shared among 16 entrants, Baillie Scott recieved 2nd prize and 3rd prizes were also awarded. Mackintosh's entry was disqualified as his interior drawings were not finished in time for the competition deadline, but when they arrived he was awarded a special purchase prize of 600 marks by the publishers. The original drawings cannot now be traced, but in 1902 Alexander Koch published them as a portfolio in 'Meister Der Innenkunst' with an introduction by Herman Muthesius. A portfolio was presented by Mackintosh to the GSA and a 2nd set of prints, framed, is in the GSA collection. Like the hall, this room is wood panelled. The sombreness of the dark panelling is relieved by a frieze of coloured panels using the standard Mackintosh theme of a stylised female figure, and the coloured lights handing from the barrel vaulted ceiling. As in the reception room, Mackintosh makes use of furniture designs he has already used elsewhere, the stone surround of the fireplace is based on that in the original Board Room in the GSA, the table (the flat, plank like surfaces echoing the construction of the sideboard) on the dining table designed for Windyhill, and the chairs recall the oval backrail armchairs used in the Mains Street dining room. The central feature of the room is the fireplace, set in a deep recess decorated with fanciful female figures, details picked out in rose against a strong blue ground which dominates the otherwise severe room. The colours are echoed in the wall panels, the decorative insets on the sideboard, the china and even the table runner and roses on the table.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for an Artist's Town House and Studio: south elevation
Proposed south elevation of building.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for The Dug-Out, Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow
Design for the Restroom, North Elevation, Willow Tea Rooms, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Stripes are the dominant motif in the decorations, in the panels over the settle and between the doors where they are carried over the ceiling as in the guest bedroom at 78 Derngate. The lampshades are also similar to those used in this bedroom. (Roger Billcliffe). The lattice work recalls the hall at Derngate, but here it is used as an open screen rather than with solid or glazed panels. The only furniture that has been traced is the chair at the writing desk and the small table.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: section through existing building/section B.B
Architectural drawing showing sections through building.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: section through Museum/section D.D
Architectural drawing showing sections through building.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: back elevation
Architectural drawing showing back elevation. On the left is the tower block of the Library. The little walkway at the top of the building (the 'Hen Run') links the new West wing with the earlier East wing, separated by the already built Director's Studio. The greenhouse cantilevered out from a studio on the top floor provided models for still life painting. The superimposed alterations show changes made to the first building, and those in pencil others thought of between 1907 and 1910.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Design for Glasgow School of Art: front elevation
Architectural drawing showing Renfrew Street elevation.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie