Scotiana

The House for an Art Lover : Building the Dream of Charles Rennie Mackintosh – Part 2

After our virtual visit of Queen’s Cross Church, let’s open the gates of the House for an Art Lover. Who could believe that this Mackintosh-style house has been built seventy years after the death of the great Scottish architect?

In [...]

Queen’s Cross Church story begins when John Honeyman of Glasgow’s Honeyman & Keppie architectural practice was given, from the Free Church of St Matthew, the contract to build a new church, near Maryhill, a poor neighbourhood with tenements and warehouses.
We are in 1897.
A young artist, studying at the Glasgow School of Art is gaining popularity [...]

Hi everybody!
No green leaves on the trees yet, but my window is wide open this morning and a very pleasant spring atmosphere is coming up from the garden! Here’s the spring, at last! This winter seemed to be a never ending one this year!

Now, if you could have a look at the sunny room where [...]

Germany – Art Nouveau – Sheet 3 Stamps

As a “suite” to the great post that Mairiuna wrote about Mrs Kate Cranston’s tearooms, revealing Charles Rennie Mackintosh as the artist behind the magnificient decorative style of its interiors, I would like to emphasize today on the symbolism that lies underneath Mackintosh’s creative designs.   
But first, to put ourselves into context, let’s step [...]

Hi everybody ! Try to imagine we’re all sitting on a Mackintosh chair round a Mackintosh table, in the very special atmosphere of the Willow Tearooms in Glasgow, chatting about everything Scotland, our favourite subject !
To begin with, have you read our friends’ second Letter from Scotland? This time, Iain and Margaret have told us [...]