Glasgow, An Art Lovers Guide
Glasgow is Scotland’s largest, and most lively, city with superb shopping opportunities and a highly enjoyable night scene. For the more bohemian tourist there are countless places to go especially in the West End which has tea rooms, cafés, boutiques, bars, restaurants and clubs as well as some superb Glasgow bed and breakfast accommodation. In the article below I will discuss 3 Glasgow tourist attractions which should be of special interest to those people who have an interest in art; the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the House For An Art Lover and the Burrell Collection:
Burrell Collection
Sir william Burrell and his wife gifted the Burrel Collection to the city of Glasgow in 1944 and the collection can be viewed at Pollok Country Park in the south of Glasgow This magnificent collection of art works is made up of over 9,000 pieces of art. The collection is very diverse containing a selection of modern artistic sculptures plus a collection of Islamic art. There are paintings by a variety of artists including Cezanne and Degas. Besides paintings and sculptures one is able to enjoy the spectacular collection of English furniture, alabasters, stained glass and tapestries. On top of all this, the Burrell Collection also displays a most important collection of art from the medieval period and collections from ancient China and Egypt.
House For An Art Lover
House For An Art Lover is one of the most popular visitor attractions in Glasgow. The Art Nouveau House was designed, originally, by Glasgow’s most famous architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh who was aided by his talented wife, Margaret Macdonald.
Actually the design was created for a 1901 competition to create plans for a ‘House for an Art Lover’, however, the entry from the Mackintosh couple was disqualified because of late submission. Fortunately, over 100 years later the house stands in Bellahouston Park due to the efforts of the architect Professor Andy Macmillan and the engineer Graham Roxburgh. Construction began in 1989, ceased for a short time but resumed in 1994 thanks to the collaboration between the Glasgow School of Art and the Glasgow City Council.
Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery is Glasgow and Scotland’s premier museum and art gallery, and it houses one of Europe’s great civic art collections, but also it is one of Scotland’s most popular free to enter tourist attractions.
You will find Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in the West End of Glasgow, on Argyle Street, on the banks of the River Kelvin. The gallery was constructed in a Spanish Baroque style following the Glaswegian tradition of using red sandstone. The building was designed by E.J. Milner Allen and Sir John W. Simpson and opened in the year nineteen hundred and one. The collections of the museum originally came from the old Kelvingrove House Museum and the McLellan Galleries.
If you are planning to have a holiday in Glasgow you will discover plenty of online hotels and guest houses providing Glasgow bed and breakfast accommodation. You will find a broad range of Glasgow hotels and guest houses at http://www.glasgowhotelscotland.com/
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