But Is It Art?

December 4, 2009

Mack Keyboard

Piano by Charles Rennie Mackintosh

From the Music Room – House For An Art Lover, Belahouston, Glasgow.

December 3, 2009

CRM at House For An Art Lover

Welcome notice at the Interpretation Centre - House For An Art Lover

Mack Window

Window by Charles Rennie Mackintosh - House For An Art Lover

Mackintosh Stained Glass Panel (Revisited)

New version of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh design.

Stained glass panel designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh at the House For An Art Lover, Belahouston, Glasgow.

November 15, 2009

The Chair

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Venerable dentist's chair - on display at Salts Mill, Bradford, England

November 13, 2009

Coniston

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Lake Coniston

November 8, 2009

Copper Spire – Royal Hospital, Kilmainham

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Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin - now the Irish Museum of Modern Art

October 23, 2009

Decor

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Restaurant Interior - Oakville Ontario

Restaurant Interior - Oakville Ontario

September 8, 2009

Just Another Angel?

Just Another Angel?

Just Another Angel?

One of five painted panels by Thomas Ralph Spence (1855-1903) in St George’s Parish Church, Jesmond, Newcastle

September 6, 2009

Asian Wood Carving

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Asian Wood Carving

Asian Wood Carving

July 29, 2009

Coat Of Arms

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Coat Of Arms of the Bakers' Guild Of Saints Clement and Anne

Coat Of Arms of the Bakers' Guild Of Saints Clement and Anne

National Museum Of Ireland, Collins Barracks, Dublin.

July 26, 2009

Iveagh Merchant 2B

Iveagh Merchant 2B

Iveagh Merchant 2B

A closer view of the second in the Iveagh Market Series.

Iveagh Merchant – 2

Iveagh Merchant - 2

Iveagh Merchant - 2

Second in the Iveagh Market Series.

July 25, 2009

Iveagh Merchant – Another View

Iveagh Merchant - Another View

Iveagh Merchant - Another View

From the facade of Dublin’s sadly neglected Iveagh Market designed by Frederick G. Hicks 1902.

Each head depicted a nation that Ireland traded with at the time. Can you identify this one?

Collect them all!

Iveagh Merchant – Part One

Traders Of Iveagh - Part One

Iveagh Merchant - Part One

First in a series: From the facade of Dublin’s sadly neglected Iveagh Market – designed by Frederick J. Hicks 1902.

Each head depicted a nation that Ireland traded with at the time. Can you identify this one?

July 16, 2009

Honfleur – Old Port

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Old Port - Honfleur, Normandy

Old Port - Honfleur, Normandy

Typical buildings in the picturesque Old Port of Honfleur – often painted by the Expressionists including Gustave Courbet, Claude Monet and Johan Jongkind.

July 11, 2009

An Eye For Colour

An Eye For Colour

An Eye For Colour

Chidren’s Art – Blackhall Street, Dublin

July 5, 2009

BMW by Calder

BMW by Calder

BMW by Alexander Calder (1897-1976)

From the Irish Museum of Modern Art – This BMW 3.0 CSL was decorated by Alexander Calder and driven in the Le Mans 24 hr race in 1975.

June 15, 2009

The Emigrant’s Prayer

The Emigrant's Prayer

The Emigrant's Prayer

A poignant addition to The Famine Sculpture by Rowan Gillespie – Custom House Quay, Dublin.

June 3, 2009

Mack Panel Display

Mack Panel Display

Mackintosh Panel Display

Stained glass door panels designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh – House For An Art Lover, Belahouston, Glasgow.

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