art deco Archives - Alice Strang https://alicestrang.co.uk/tag/art-deco/ Modern and Contemporary Art Sun, 08 Sep 2024 16:23:50 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://alicestrang.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-alice_strang150925-32x32.jpg art deco Archives - Alice Strang https://alicestrang.co.uk/tag/art-deco/ 32 32 Fountainbridge Library: Building of the Month https://alicestrang.co.uk/fountainbridge-library-building-of-the-month/ Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:16:36 +0000 https://alicestrang.co.uk/?p=355 Fountainbridge Library: Building of the Month

I am delighted that my feature about Fountainbridge Library (1937-40), Dundee Street, Edinburgh has just been published as October’s Twentieth-Century Society Building of the Month. Doors Open Days 2020 The feature discusses this rare and…

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]]> Opening Doors and Climbing Stairs at Fountainbridge Library https://alicestrang.co.uk/opening-doors-and-climbing-stairs-at-fountainbridge-library/ Fri, 25 Sep 2020 14:24:58 +0000 https://alicestrang.co.uk/?p=328 Opening Doors and Climbing Stairs at Fountainbridge Library

Fountainbridge Library, Dundee Street, Edinburgh is a rare example of modern Scottish architecture. Designed by John A. W. Grant (1886/7–1959) it was built between 1937 and 1940. It opened as a state-of-the-art library during the…

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]]> Autumn is in the Air! https://alicestrang.co.uk/autumn-is-in-the-air/ Sat, 12 Sep 2020 14:48:49 +0000 https://alicestrang.co.uk/?p=288 Autumn is in the Air!

As September proceeds, there is a definite feel of Autumn in the air. Bessie MacNicol (1869-1904) captures the season’s warm sunshine and the turning of leaves from green to copper in Autumn of about 1898.…

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