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The Glasgow

School of Art

I wasreallyintriguedbythe

featureinyourJuneedition

ontheCharlesRennie

Mackintoshbuilding.As

a formerarchitectural

studentatTheGlasgow

SchoolofArtI was

horriedwhenthe

placeburned

downin2018.

Itwasaniconic

building to work

Statement

Collections

I wassointerestedinthe

‘StatementCollections’article

intheJuneissueofH&A. The

Clytie[waternymph]bustI have

has‘Copeland’and‘ArtUnionof

London1863’stampedintothe

base.I believesheisa smaller

versionoftheoneshowninthat

exhibition.I don’tknowwhen

mygrandadboughther,butI

inheritedheraermyparents

died.Sheusedtobedisplayed

onthelandingwindowandI

remember,whenI wasabout

fourorve,I usedtodressherup

withnecklacesandlace!Shenow

takes pride ofplaceonmypiano.

Rosemary

Machin,

viaemail

andstudyin.I regularlyused

thelibraryand,infact,drewthis

roomaspartofmystudiesfrom

exactlythesamespotasyour

photographisviewedon

page100.

Fromtheexperienceof

workinghere,I developeda

loveoftheartnouveau

styleandhavecollected

quitea fewitems

inthismanner

overtheyearsto

enhancemyhome.

IainWaddell,

Solihull

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inTouch

Ifyouwouldlike

tobefeaturedin

H&A, writetousat

homesandantiques@

immediate.co.uk

TheAGlasgowyearonSchoolfromasecondofArt’scatastrophicMackintoshreat

futureMaryforJaneBaxterlooksatthepast,presentbuilding,and

CharlesRennieMackintosh’smasterpiece

THEGLASGOW

SCHOOLOFART

Rising from the Ashes?

Smokecontinuesecondrseasfimajorandtoefightersbattlesteamblazehe

atSchool of Art.TheGlasgow

Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

June 2019 Homes&Antiques 97

The Mackintosh Building

LEFTRosemary’s

Clytieis stamped

with‘Copeland’

onthebaseand

dates from 1863.

A drawingof The

MackintoshBuilding

by former student Iain.

10 Homes & Antiques August 2019