Sept 26, 1929: Bullock’s Wilshire opened #OTD in 1929.
"John and Donald Parkinson's original plans for Bullock's Wilshire were scrapped after Donald Parkinson attended the Exposition of Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris in 1925," @sgeetv.bsky.social. acp.lapl.org/book/iconic-... #ArtDeco100
#ArtDecoCentenary Before the 1938 Empire Exhibition there were the Wembley Empire Exhibitions of 1924/1925. In both London & #Glasgow's mega events "new design ideas rubbed shoulders with stereotyped depictions of global cultures" #ArtDeco #ArtDeco100 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive📹 bsky.app/profile/artd...
More great #ArtDecoCentenary news in Scotland ~ restoration & adaptation @ the Category-A listed #ArtDeco Tarlair Lido Pavilion in Aberdeenshire is complete w/ pool works the next stage in full renewal of the site's original purpose! 🎉 Before & after pics 📷 #ArtDeco100 🏊🥰 bsky.app/profile/ckph...
A century ago, Art Deco burst onto the scene—bringing bold geometry, sleek luxury, and timeless glamour to the world of fashion, design, and architecture.
Here’s to a century of style that still inspires!🥂
#ArtDeco100 #PopFizzSwim #TimelessStyle #VintageInspired #100YearsOfGlamour
Resharing for #WorldArtDecoDay #ArtDeco100
photo of painting #1 gold frame “The diverse Art Deco style of geometric forms, modern luxury, & bold vibrant color palettes reflected the social & technological progress of the 1920s-30s. Visual artists felt its influence, as modernity impacted nearly every medium. Among these artists was the Long Island-based F. Edwin Church…. Esteemed for his portraits of women that reflected the growing Euro-American interest in Japanese art, he painted a variety of subject matter, including luxurious portraits, displaying versatility in technique. He captured beaming skin tones & ornately textured fabrics, captivating the viewer with dramatic compositions. Throughout the late 1910s-30s, Church painted various women in verdant Japanese-inspired settings. In his Girl in Yellow, c.1920, a slender woman with short dark hair confidently poses in a bright yellow dress that elegantly flows & stands out to the viewer in a composition inspired by the Japanese master Hiroshige.” Bird behind woman: Peacock
photo of painting #2 in gold frame “The diverse Art Deco style of geometric forms, modern luxury, & bold vibrant color palettes reflected the social & technological progress of the 1920s & 1930s. Visual artists felt its influence, as modernity impacted nearly every medium. Among these artists was the Long Island-based F. Edwin Church…. Esteemed for his portraits of women that reflected the growing Euro-American interest in Japanese art, he painted a variety of subject matter, including luxurious portraits, displaying versatility in technique. He captured beaming skin tones & ornately textured fabrics, captivating the viewer with dramatic compositions. Throughout the late 1910s into the 1930s, Church painted various women in verdant Japanese-inspired settings. Lady in Charlotte's Dress, 1928, is quintessentially Art Deco, with the bob-haired subject's graceful draped red dress evoking a sense of refined beauty.” Bird behind woman: Red-Crowned Crane
#WorldArtDecoDay #ArtDeco100 :
F. Edwin Church (USA, 1876-1975)
1. Girl in Yellow, c. 1920
Oil on canvas, 59 1/4 x 39 1/4 in.
2. Lady in Charlotte's Dress, 1928
Oil on canvas, 46 x 40 in.
On display @ Nassau County Museum of Art NY
#BirdsInArt #Peacock #Crane
A sketch by Moss Haste of part of the Kinning Park Co-op Extension store, with some decorative elements abstracted from the building and drawn floating in space in more detail on their own. These urban sketching sessions were part of our Art Deco Southside Alive community outreach programme in 2024 and photos of all the sketches will be showcased in an Online Gallery launching later in 2025.
#WorldArtDecoDay Kinning Park Co-op Extension was among the south #Glasgow #ArtDeco buildings drawn by Glaswegians in our June 2024 community #urbansketching sessions ~ Moss Hastie took a novel approach focusing on the Co-ops decorative details #ArtDecoCentenary #ArtDeco100 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive ✏️
It was a fantastic preview night on Friday with Bruce Peter speaking @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social & lovely to catch-up with you there ✨ #ArtDeco #ArtDecoCentenary #ArtDeco100 #Glasgow 🎉 bsky.app/profile/sghe...
'Art Deco Scotland' exhibition panel at The Glasgow School Of Art on Entertainment showing 5 photographs of .Art Deco and streamline moderne cinemas from across Scotland.
Bruce Peter (Professor of Design History at The Glasgow School of Art) author of 'Art Deco Scotland' published by Historic Environment Scotland speaking to the crowd at the preview night on 4th April 2025 of the book's companion exhibition at The Glasgow School Of Art which runs until Monday 28th April in the Reid building and is open to all.
Exhibition case showing the 'Art Deco Scotland' book opened at a 2-page spread showing the George Bennie 'Railplane' monorail system of transport prototyped in 1930 in Milngavie, north west Glasgow, alongside a closed copy of the book, the cover of which shows a close-up of the top of Thomas S. Tait's Tower of Empire from the British Empire Exhibition of 1938 held in Bellahouston Park in south Glasgow.
Photo of the GFT (Glasgow Film Theatre) taken just after the exhibition preview tonight 4th April 2025. Originally called the Cosmo, it was Scotland's first arts cinema and only the second purpose-built arthouse cinema in Britain, after the Curzon Mayfair in London. Opened on 18 May 1939, it was also the last cinema to be built in Glasgow before the outbreak of WW2 and was designed by architects James McKissack and WJ Anderson and influenced by the work of leading Dutch modernist architect Willem Dudok.
Great time at the #ArtDeco Scotland companion exhib preview @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social tonight (on until Mon 28 April). Interwar modernism in south #Glasgow will get more local spotlighting in the #ArtDecoCentenary when our guidebook's released later this year #ArtDeco100 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive
#ArtDeco Scotland: Design And Architecture In The Jazz Age ... exhibition attached to the book opens this Sat 5 April until Mon 28 April @glasgowschoolofart.bsky.social ✨️ #ArtDecoCentenary #ArtDeco100 ✨️ gsaexhibitions.co.uk/exhibition/a...
1925 brought us timeless treasures that still inspire:
Art Deco Style – Inspiring timeless elegance
Chrysler – Driving bold design
Television – Changing how we see the world
The Great Gatsby – Embodying glamour and ambition
#PopFizzSwim #ArtDeco100 #TimelessElegance #EveryBodyIsASwimsuitBody
Synchronicity max as 2025 marks both the #ArtDecoCentenary & #Glasgow850 celebrations! 🎉🎉 Looking forward to much more of both in the year ahead as revealed in the places, stories & designs that've shaped our unique landscape 💚 #Glasgow #ArtDeco #DearGreenPlace #ArtDeco100 #ArtDecoSouthsideAlive ✨
