Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland with wonderful shopping opportunities plus an amazing nightlife. For the more artistic visitor there are numerous places to visit in Glasgow’s West End which features boutiques, tea rooms, bars, cafés, clubs and restaurants as well as some upmarket Glasgow bed and breakfast accommodation. In the article below I will discuss three attractions in Glasgow which will be of special interest to those folk who have an interest in the artistic world; the House For An Art Lover, the Burrell Collection and the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum:
The Burrell Collection
In 1944 The Brurrel Collection was gifted, by Sir william and Lady Burrell, to the city of Glasgow and the collection can be seen at Pollok Country Park which is in the south of the city This beautiful collection of art works consists of over 9 thousand pieces of art. The collection is very cosmopolitan containing some modern artistic sculptures plus a collection of Islamic art. You will find paintings by a variety of artists including Cezanne, Degas and other European artists. Besides paintings and sculptures visitors can enjoy the spectacular collection of stained glass, tapestries, English furniture and alabasters. As well as all this, the Burrell Collection also displays a very important selection of art from medieval times plus collections from ancient China and Egypt.
The House For An Art Lover
The House For An Art Lover is one of the most popular visitor attractions in Glasgow. This incredible Art Nouveau house was designed, originally, by Glasgow’s most famous architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh who was aided by his talented wife.
Actually the design was made for a 1901 competition to make a design for a ‘House for an Art Lover’, but, the Mackintoshs’ entry was disqualified from the competition because of late submission. Luckily, more than one hundred years later the house is located in Bellahouston Park due to the hard work of the engineer Graham Roxburgh and architect Professor Andy Macmillan. Construction commenced in the year nineteen eighty nine, ceased for a short time but started again in nineteen ninety four thanks to a 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 can be found in the West End of Glasgow, on Argyle Street, on the banks of the River Kelvin. 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 the year nineteen hundred and one. The collections of the museum originally came from the McLellan Galleries and the old Kelvingrove House Museum.
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