October 2021
Let`s go to Glasgow!
As the eyes of the world will be on Glasgow soon for COP26, let's have another look at the Glasgow art world. We can look at the paintings in the Kelvingrove Art Galleries but as they do not provide a virtual tour, we will take a tour of Mackintosh's house at Glasgow University instead. There is also a presentation on the Glasgow Boys by a senior curator at the National Gallery of Scotland.
We can look at some of Ken Currie's paintings and have a close up view of some of the street murals seen around Glasgow.
Take a tour of the Mackintosh House in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University
Do you enjoy looking round houses? Here's the chance to have a personal tour of the rooms in the Mackintosh House and to zoom in on the many art work, furniture
and objects there. Just click on the link below then on the circles in the rooms to get more information.
https://my.matterport.com/show/?m=Y8HD4442XJg&back=1
Kelvingrove Art Galleries, Glasgow
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is one of Scotland's most popular free attractions and features 22 themed galleries displaying an astonishing 8,000 objects.
There is an extensive collection of art from many art movements and periods of history as well as much more. Below you can see some of the masterpieces at Kelvingrove.
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Masterpieces at Kelvingrove Art Galleries
The Glasgow Boys
The Glasgow Boys were a circle of influential modern artists and designers working in Glasgow in the late 19th century. Artists included William York Macgregor, Joseph Crawhill, George Henry, Edward Hornel, Sir John Lavery and Arthur Melville.
The Glasgow Boys
Did you know that the art works of the Glasgow Boys are the most popular in the collection of Scottish Art in the National Galleries of Scotland? Here is a
fascinating talk given by Frances Fowle, one of their senior curators who explains the background to this group as well as their influences and techniques.
An added bonus is trying to identify streets and buildings in the scenes of old Glasgow!
Ken Currie (1960 - )
Ken Currie graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1983. He grew up in industrial Glasgow and this had a significant influence on his early works. His paintings were linear in style and featured dockworkers, shop stewards and urban areas around the River Clyde. Later on his style became simpler with the focus on individuals instead of crowds and painted in haunting, luminous colours.
Art Work by Ken Currie
Ken Currie talks about his painting ' Three Oncologists'
In this video, Ken Currie tells us the story behind his painting, 'Three Oncologists'.
This painting, tiltled' Marchesa Lomellini, by Sir Anthony Van Dyck, has been acquired by Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum and is the first
Van Dyck for the city. It was gifted by Sir Mark and Lady Campbell to the Museums Collection and
went on display on 6th October in Kelvingrove. Painted between 1621 and 1627, it will enhance the world class and international fine art collection held in Glasgow.
Glasgow's street murals
Click on each picture to enlarge.
Paint Shapes - not Things - a tutorial and a painting from start to finish
If you sometimes feel you need help in composition when you starting a painting, then this is the video for you. It explains how to
see objects and people in a different way - more as shapes than people and things. You can see a painting demonstration from start to finish.
Click on the link below.
COP26 Art Work
COP26 Flag 'Eye in the Sky'
A giant artwork has been hoisted into the sky over Edinburgh to send a message to the world ahead of the international climate talks being held in Glasgow. The flag is the size of a 10 storey building and was made up of thousands of individual portraits contributed from people in 190 countries across the globe. You can see the flag on the Dynamic Earth building and it will fly from the building for the duration of COP26.
Alice Cooper forgot he had an Andy Warhol painting in his garage!
In conversation with his friend, the late actor Denis Hooper, Alice Cooper suddenly remembered he had an Andy Warhol silkscreen, ' Little Electric Chair' in his
garage. The art work's medium was acrylic and silkscreen ink on canvas. It had been rolled up in a tube and stored in the garage for 40 years. Warhol decided to put it up for auction on 23rd October
and it was estimated to fetch between $2.5m - $4.5m. Unfortunately it did not sell.
How much do you know of art from in the last 150 years?
To take the quiz click on the link below.
https://www.funtrivia.com/trivia-quiz/Humanities/Modern-Art-20977.html
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