Charles Rennie Mackintosh Chair
One of the most striking chairs is by charles rennie mackintosh.
Charles rennie mackintosh chair. This draw was quite simple so i decided to make myself suffer and drew the hill house in the background for a bit of extra challenge. Public buildings private homes and tea rooms. Margaret married charles in 1900 and frances married herbert 1899. This iconic chair reflects charles rennie mackintosh s style and his fearless approach to the most challenging manufacturing processes.
The four met at painting classes at glasgow school of art in 1891. Charles rennie mackintosh 1868 1928 a green painted windsor chair. By the end of the 19th century glasgow was a wealthy burgeoning european city with an immense. Group consisted of charles rennie mackintosh his friend herbert macnair and sisters frances macdonald and margaret macdonald mackintosh.
Although all were great artist in their own right margaret was a. Heute ist der einfluss des glasgowers auf die vorkriegsmoderne unbestritten seine architektur steht auf einer stufe mit der eines frank lloyd wright oder le corbusier. Chairs in the exhibition come from all parts of scotland the usa england switzerland and france. Also known as the ladder back chair this chair was designed by charles rennie mackintosh for.
Mahogany chair by arthur mackmurdo 1883 painting. Mackintosh carried out two phases of work at the crown lunch and tea rooms in argyle street first in 1898 and again in 1905 06 when he returned to remodel and decorate the basement. Originally a furnishing accessory for one of mackintosh s major design projects hill house in helensburgh near glasgow scotland from which its name derives. The chair was designed in 1903 to.
On the 150th anniversary of charles rennie mackintosh s birth we continue our round up of his most influential projects by taking a look at the chair he created for the argyle street tea rooms. Charles rennie mackintosh eigentlich macintosh die schreibweise des familiennamens änderte er in den frühen 1890er jahren. Charles rennie mackintosh wurde erst von kunsthistorikern nach dem zweiten weltkrieg dann von sammlern und in den siebzigern vom designhersteller cassina wiederentdeckt. Although he created this elegant style of chair in 1898 9 for catherine cranston s argyle street tea rooms in.
Die arbeiten die nach mackintoshs tod kaum abnehmer. Posted by 4 hours ago. The majority of his work was executed in and around glasgow where he was born trained and lived for most of his adult life and his career paralleled the city s economic boom. Charles rennie mackintosh 1868 1928 was a scottish artist designer and architect.
Mackintosh made a name for himself designing the interiors of the hugely successful society tea rooms of the late 19th and 20th century in glasgow. Two photographs published in the studio in october 1906 show a low beamed ceiling a huge. Charles rennie mackintosh s work can be divided into three main areas. The linear geometric form is evocative of the minimal abstract lines of japanese graphics.