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Frances Macdonald MacNair (24 August 1873 – 12 December 1921) was a Scottish artist whose design work was a prominent feature of the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) during the 1890s.[1]

Frances Macdonald
Born	(1873-08-24)24 August 1873 Staffordshire, England
Died	12 December 1921(1921-12-12) (aged 48) Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality	Scottish
Education	Glasgow School of Art
Movement	Arts and Crafts movement
Spouse(s)	Herbert MacNair ​ (m. 1899)​

Biography

The sister of artist-designer Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, she was born in Kidsgrove, Stoke-on-Trent, and moved to Glasgow with her family in 1890.[1] Both sisters enrolled in painting classes at the Glasgow School of Art in 1891, where they met the young architects Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Herbert MacNair.[2] Frances went on to marry MacNair in 1899, and Margaret married Mackintosh in 1900. After they met, they exhibited together in a 'School of Art Club' exhibition and due to their similar stylistic approach came to be referred to as "The Four".

In the mid-1890s the sisters left the School to set up an independent studio together.[1] They collaborated on graphics, textile designs, book illustrations and metalwork, developing a distinctive style influenced by mysticism, symbolism and Celtic imagery. Frances also produced a wide variety of other artistic work, including embroidery, metalwork panels and water colour paintings. Like her sister, she was influenced by the work of William Blake and Aubrey Beardsley and this is reflected in her use of elongated figures and linear elements. The sisters exhibited in London, Liverpool and Venice.

In 1899 she married MacNair and joined him in Liverpool where he was teaching at the School of Architecture and Applied Art.[3] The couple painted watercolours and designed interiors, exhibiting a Writing Room at the International Exhibition of Modern Art in Turin, and Frances began teaching. They also designed the interiors of their own home at 54 Oxford Street.[4] In the early 1900s they also exhibited in Liverpool, London, Paris, Venice, Vienna and Dresden.[5] The closure of the School in 1905, and the loss of the MacNair family wealth through a business failure, led to a slow decline in their careers, and they returned to Glasgow in 1909.[6] In the years that followed, Frances painted a series of symbolist watercolours addressing the choices facing women, such as marriage and motherhood. Frances and Herbert had a son, Sylvan, born in June 1900 and who later emigrated to Rhodesia.

Frances' achievements are less well known than those of her sister, due in part to her departure from Glasgow, but also because her husband destroyed many of her works after her death.[7][1] Both sisters works were also frequently overshadowed by the achievements of Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Frances died in Glasgow in 1921.[8]

Much of her work that remains is held by the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery,[9] and in the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool.

Gallery

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  A Paradox, 1905
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  The Choice
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  Woman Standing Behind the Sun
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  Spring
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  The Sleeping Princess, 1910

Further reading

• Robertson, Pamela, ed. Doves And Dreams: The Art of Frances Macdonald and James Herbert Mcnair. Lund Humphries Publishers, 2006. ISBN 0-85331-938-3

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frances MacDonald.

Artworks by or after Frances MacDonald at the Art UK site

• Biography at the Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society
• Works by Frances Macdonald in the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery collections
• Information on The Group of Four from the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery
• Frances Macdonald
• "Doves and dreams" exhibition, Liverpool 2007

На других языках

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[de] Frances MacDonald McNair

Frances MacDonald McNair (* 24. August 1873 in Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England; † 12. Dezember 1921 in Glasgow, Schottland) war eine schottische Malerin und Kunsthandwerkerin des Jugendstil. Frances MacDonald McNair, ihr Ehemann James Herbert McNair, ihre Schwester Margaret MacDonald Mackintosh und deren Ehemann Charles Rennie Mackintosh bildeten die bekannte Künstlergruppe The Four.

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- [en] Frances MacDonald

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[es] Frances Macdonald

Frances Macdonald, de casada Frances Macdonald MacNair (Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, 24 de agosto de 1873-Glasgow, 12 de diciembre de 1921) fue una pintora, ilustradora y decoradora británica perteneciente a la Escuela de Glasgow, un grupo artístico cercano al modernismo y simbolismo. Los otros miembros destacados del grupo fueron su marido, Herbert MacNair, su hermana Margaret Macdonald y el marido de esta, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, también conocidos como The Four (Los Cuatro). Esta escuela destacó especialmente en arquitectura y artes decorativas, y situó la ciudad escocesa de Glasgow como uno de los epicentros del modernismo internacional —también conocido como Art Nouveau en Francia o Modern Style en Reino Unido—.

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[fr] Frances MacDonald

Frances MacDonald, née le 24 août 1873 à Kidsgrove et décédée le 12 décembre 1921 à Glasgow, est une artiste écossaise, dont l'œuvre originale contribua à définir le Glasgow Style durant les années 1890. Elle est membre du groupe d'artistes The Four.

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[it] Frances Macdonald

Frances Macdonald, coniugata MacNair (Kidsgrove, 24 agosto 1873 – Glasgow, 12 dicembre 1921), è stata una pittrice britannica.

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[ru] Макдональд Макнейр, Фрэнсис

Фрэнсис Макдональд Макнейр (англ. Frances MacDonald McNair; 24 августа 1873, Кидсгроув, Стаффордшир — 12 декабря 1921, Глазго) — британская художница и дизайнер, работавшая в стиле модерн. Вместе со своим мужем, Джеймсом Гербертом Макнейром, сестрой Маргарет Макдональд Макинтош и её мужем, Чарльзом Ренни Макинтошем, образовала известную художественную группу «Четвёрка».

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