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A student publication by Charles
Rennie Mackintosh and his contemporaries at the Glasgow School of Art is now
available online via VADS at: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/GSAMAG
The Magazine is an illustrated
handwritten journal which was circulated among a group of friends who were
associated with the Glasgow School of Art in the early 1890s, including Charles
Rennie Mackintosh, his future wife Margaret Macdonald and her sister Frances.
Its four volumes contain 33 textual pieces of which 14 are poems, and 104
illustrations ranging from pen and ink drawings, to watercolours, photographs,
photogravures and etchings, many produced by significant artists at the
beginning of their careers.
In 2009 the School’s Charles Rennie
Mackintosh collection was named as a Recognised Collection of National
Significance by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) and in 2010 received £36,988
in Recognition grant funding from MGS for its Magazine project. This important
award allowed for the full conservation of The Magazine, and the digitisation
of all four volumes.
VADS has been hosted online for over
15 years by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), a specialist art and
design university in the south of England. VADS provides online access to a
growing collection of over 120,000 art and design images contributed by
universities, libraries, museums and archives from across the UK, which can be
used freely for educational purposes. To explore all the VADS collections,
visit:
To explore The Magazine from the
Glasgow School of Art, visit: http://www.vads.ac.uk/collections/GSAMAG
A dedicated website is also available for The Magazine at: http://www.gsathemagazine.net
For more information about
VADS, contact: arobinson@ucreative.ac.uk
