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[[File:James Herbert McNair.jpg|thumb|James Herbert McNair]] |
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[[File:The Immortals!.jpg|thumb|The Immortals at Glasgow School of Art (Back Row: [[Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh|Margaret MacDonald]]. Middle Row L-R: [[Frances Macdonald]], [[Katharine Cameron]], [[Janet Aitken (artist)|Janet Aitken]], [[Agnes Middleton Raeburn|Agnes Raeburn]], [[Jessie Keppie]] and her brother [[John Keppie]]. Front Row L-R: [[Herbert McNair]] and [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]].]] |
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'''James Herbert |
'''James Herbert McNair''' (23 December 1868 – 22 April 1955), was a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[artist]], [[designer]] and [[teacher]] whose work contributed to the development of the [[Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style)]] during the 1890s. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Born in [[Glasgow]] into a military family, |
Born in [[Glasgow]] into a military family, McNair trained as an [[architect]] with the Glasgow firm of [[Honeyman and Keppie]] from 1888 to 1895, and it was there that he first met [[Charles Rennie Mackintosh]]. As part of their training, the two attended evening classes at the [[Glasgow School of Art]] between 1888 and 1894, and it was there that they met the MacDonald sisters, [[Margaret MacDonald (artist)|Margaret]] and [[Frances MacDonald|Frances]]. McNair would go on to marry Frances, and Mackintosh would marry Margaret.<ref>[[Klaus-Jürgen Sembach|Sembach, Klaus-Jürgen]]. (1991) ''Art Nouveau: Utopia: Reconciling the Irreconcilable''. Translated by Charity Scott Stokes. Köln: [[Benedikt Taschen]]. p. 173. {{ISBN|3822805483}}</ref> |
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==The Four== |
==The Four== |
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All four later became the loose collective of the [[Glasgow School]] known as "The Four", |
All four later became the loose collective of the [[Glasgow School]] known as "The Four",<ref>[http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/Mackintosh/groupfour.html The Group of Four.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821063105/http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/Mackintosh/groupfour.html |date=21 August 2006 }} Hunterian Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 May 2017.</ref> McNair being the least well known.<ref name=vict>[http://www.victorianweb.org/art/design/macnair/bio.html James Herbert MacNair, 1868-1955: A Brief Biography.] George P. Landow, ''The Victorian Web''. Retrieved 27 May 2017.</ref> Influenced by the [[Arts and Crafts movement]], and other [[Europe]]an movements such as [[Symbolism (arts)|Symbolism]] and [[Art Nouveau]], they pioneered the Glasgow Style. McNair set up his own studio in Glasgow in 1895, where he worked as a designer producing [[furniture]], book [[illustration]]s, [[Watercolor painting|water colours]] and [[poster]]s. McNair’s artistic merits have often been compared unfavourably to those of Mackintosh, but he had significant influence as a teacher following his move to [[Liverpool]] in 1898 and appointment as Instructor in Design at the School of Architecture and Applied Art. |
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In 1899 Frances Macdonald joined |
In 1899 Frances Macdonald joined McNair in Liverpool and the two married. The couple painted watercolours and designed [[Interior design|interiors]], exhibiting a Writing Room at the [[Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna|International Exhibition of Modern Art in Turin]]. They also exhibited in Liverpool, [[London]], [[Vienna]] and [[Dresden]] in the early 1900s. Following closure of the School in 1905, and the loss of the McNair family wealth through business failure, the couple returned to Glasgow in 1909. McNair’s career went into decline from this period, and no works of his are known beyond 1911. |
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==Later life== |
==Later life== |
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In 1913 McNair was working in Canada, in a chocolate factory and later a railway company.<ref>http://www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/name/?nid=McNJH</ref> He returned to Glasgow where he worked as a postman and as a manager in a garage. After the death of his wife in 1921, |
In 1913 McNair was working in Canada, in a chocolate factory and later a railway company.<ref>[http://www.mackintosh-architecture.gla.ac.uk/catalogue/name/?nid=McNJH James Herbert McNair.] |
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''Mackintosh Architecture'', University of Glasgow. Retrieved 27 May 2017.</ref> He returned to Glasgow where he worked as a postman and as a manager in a garage. After the death of his wife in 1921, McNair destroyed all of their works that he had in his possession. He then moved to an old people's home, where he lived until his death in 1955.<ref name=vict/> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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== Further reading == |
== Further reading == |
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* Robertson, Pamela, ed. ''Doves And Dreams: The Art of Frances Macdonald and James Herbert Mcnair''. Lund Humphries Publishers, 2006. ISBN |
* Robertson, Pamela, ed. ''Doves And Dreams: The Art of Frances Macdonald and James Herbert Mcnair''. Lund Humphries Publishers, 2006. {{ISBN|0-85331-938-3}} |
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== External links == |
== External links == |
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{{commons category|James Herbert McNair}} |
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| ⚫ | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130522053016/http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch_Mackintosh/summaryresults.fwx?searchterm=manufac+has+herbert+mcnair&browseMode=on&browseSet=Herbert+McNair Works by MacNair in the Hunterian Art Gallery Collections] |
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* [http://www.crmsociety.com/jamesherbertmcnair.aspx Biography at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society] |
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* [http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/Mackintosh/groupfour.html Information on The Group of Four from the Hunterian Art Gallery] |
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[[Category:19th-century Scottish architects]] |
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[[Category:Scottish furniture designers]] |
[[Category:Scottish furniture designers]] |
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[[Category:19th-century Scottish male artists]] |
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James Herbert McNair (23 December 1868 – 22 April 1955), was a Scottish artist, designer and teacher whose work contributed to the development of the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) during the 1890s.
Early life
[edit]Born in Glasgow into a military family, McNair trained as an architect with the Glasgow firm of Honeyman and Keppie from 1888 to 1895, and it was there that he first met Charles Rennie Mackintosh. As part of their training, the two attended evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art between 1888 and 1894, and it was there that they met the MacDonald sisters, Margaret and Frances. McNair would go on to marry Frances, and Mackintosh would marry Margaret.[1]
The Four
[edit]All four later became the loose collective of the Glasgow School known as "The Four",[2] McNair being the least well known.[3] Influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, and other European movements such as Symbolism and Art Nouveau, they pioneered the Glasgow Style. McNair set up his own studio in Glasgow in 1895, where he worked as a designer producing furniture, book illustrations, water colours and posters. McNair’s artistic merits have often been compared unfavourably to those of Mackintosh, but he had significant influence as a teacher following his move to Liverpool in 1898 and appointment as Instructor in Design at the School of Architecture and Applied Art.
In 1899 Frances Macdonald joined McNair in Liverpool and the two married. The couple painted watercolours and designed interiors, exhibiting a Writing Room at the International Exhibition of Modern Art in Turin. They also exhibited in Liverpool, London, Vienna and Dresden in the early 1900s. Following closure of the School in 1905, and the loss of the McNair family wealth through business failure, the couple returned to Glasgow in 1909. McNair’s career went into decline from this period, and no works of his are known beyond 1911.
Later life
[edit]In 1913 McNair was working in Canada, in a chocolate factory and later a railway company.[4] He returned to Glasgow where he worked as a postman and as a manager in a garage. After the death of his wife in 1921, McNair destroyed all of their works that he had in his possession. He then moved to an old people's home, where he lived until his death in 1955.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sembach, Klaus-Jürgen. (1991) Art Nouveau: Utopia: Reconciling the Irreconcilable. Translated by Charity Scott Stokes. Köln: Benedikt Taschen. p. 173. ISBN 3822805483
- ^ The Group of Four. Archived 21 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine Hunterian Art Gallery. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ a b James Herbert MacNair, 1868-1955: A Brief Biography. George P. Landow, The Victorian Web. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
- ^ James Herbert McNair. Mackintosh Architecture, University of Glasgow. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
Further reading
[edit]- Robertson, Pamela, ed. Doves And Dreams: The Art of Frances Macdonald and James Herbert Mcnair. Lund Humphries Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-85331-938-3
External links
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- 1868 births
- 1955 deaths
- 19th-century Scottish painters
- Scottish male painters
- 20th-century Scottish painters
- Glasgow School
- Scottish designers
- Art Nouveau painters
- Art Nouveau designers
- Art Nouveau illustrators
- Scottish illustrators
- 19th-century Scottish architects
- Scottish furniture designers
- Artists from Glasgow
- 19th-century Scottish male artists
- 20th-century Scottish male artists