Colour photograph, c.1960
Eric de Mare (1910-2002)
RCAHMS
The Glasgow School of Art at 167 Renfrew Street is considered to be one of the most influential structures of the twentieth century, and one of Europe’s first buildings in the ‘Art Nouveau’ or ‘modern style’.
The project was the result of a limited competition won by the prominent Glasgow partnership of Honeyman and Keppie where the designer and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh worked as a young assistant.
Mackintosh gave meticulous thought to every interior and exterior detail of the building and this image of the weather vane illustrates his interest in the design of wrought iron work. Eric de Mare took this photograph of Glasgow School of Art’s iconic symbol in 1960. A qualified architect, de Mare concentrated on his architectural photography from the 1940s onwards. He became editor of The Architects’ Journal and wrote best-selling books on the subject of photography.