A Brief Guide To The Scottish City Of Glasgow From An Art Lovers Perspective
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland with superb opportunities for shopping and an incredible night scene. For the more bohemian tourist there are countless places to go especially in the West End which has boutiques, bars, cafés, tea rooms, clubs and restaurants as well as some interesting bed and breakfast accommodation in Glasgow. In the article below I will discuss 3 Glasgow attractions which should be of special interest to those people who have an interest in the world of art; the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the Burrell Collection and the House For An Art Lover:
The Burrell Collection
In 1944 The Brurrel Collection was gifted, by Sir william and Lady Burrell, to the city of Glasgow and the collection is located in Pollok Country Park which is in the south of the city of Glasgow This astounding collection of art works includes more than 9 thousand items. The collection is incredibly cosmopolitan containing some modern sculptures and even some Islamic art. Visitors can view works of art by artists such as Cezanne and Degas. Besides sculptures and paintings visitors is able to enjoy the spectacular collection of alabasters, stained glass, tapestries and English furniture. On top of all this, the Burrell Collection also exhibits a most important collection of medieval art and collections from ancient China and Egypt.
The House For An Art Lover
House For An Art Lover is one of Glasgow’s most popular visitor attractions. The Art Nouveau House was designed, originally, by Charles Rennie Mackintosh (with the help of his wife Margaret Macdonald), Glasgow’s most famous architect.
In actual fact the design was made for a 1901 competition to make a design for a ‘House for an Art Lover’, however, the entry from the Mackintosh couple was disqualified from the competition because of late submission. Luckily, over one hundred years later the house is located in Bellahouston Park because of the efforts of the engineer Graham Roxburgh and architect Professor Andy Macmillan. Building began in 1989, halted for a short time but resumed again in nineteen ninety four due to the collaboration between the Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow City Council.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
One of Glasgow and Scotland’s premier museums, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery is home to one of Europe’s great civic art collections, but also it has been voted one of the most popular free to enter attractions in Scotland.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum is situated on Argyle Street, on the banks of the River Kelvin, in the West End of Glasgow. The gallery was built in a Spanish Baroque styleusing the traditional Glaswegian material of red sandstone. The building was designed by Sir John W. Simpson and E.J. Milner Allen and opened its doors to the public for the first time in nineteen hundred and one. The collections of the museum were originally from the McLellan Galleries and the old Kelvingrove House Museum.
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