The Glasgow Art Club
The Glasgow Art Club has occupied its existing Bath Street premises since 1893. It was founded in 1867 by William Dennistoun, a young amateur artist forced by ill health to leave the city. On Saturdays, his friends went to see him at his cottage in rural Old Kilpatrick to draw and paint together. Dennistoun proposed that they should form an art club. To accommodate all the newcomers two adjacent townhouses were bought in Bath Street. John Keppie, already a member of the club, was put in charge of their conversion, and he also created an adjoining gallery in the small back gardens. There is recent evidence that the young Charles Rennie Mackintosh had a hand in some of the gallery’s ornamental details. Thus, the scene was set for countless dinners, dances, concerts, lectures, and, not least, exhibitions. The new rooms were opened on June 14, 1893. A short history of the first 100 years of the club, on which much of the above account is based, was written by the late J.M. Reid in 1967.
ADDRESS & CONTACT INFO
185 Bath St, Glasgow
1893
Honeyman and Keppie
VISIT DETAILS
BUILDING OPENING HOURS
Saturday 21st September 9:00 am - 12:00 pm.
BOOKING DETAILS
OTHER INFORMATION
TRAVEL
Nearest Train and/or Subway: Charing Cross Train Station, Cowcaddens Subway Station
Parking Available: no
Additional Parking Details: Nine stone steps to access building. No street level access.
Parking Available: no
Additional Parking Details: Nine stone steps to access building. No street level access.
ACCESSIBILITY
Physical Access: Limited Access
Further Accessibility Details: Not accessible for wheelchair/mobility scooter users. No elevator. No street-level access. As an A-listed building, we unfortunately have no street-level access. There are 9 stone steps from street level to the main level of the building, with a handrail, and once on this level it is possible to access to the main gallery, but the 2nd floor is accessed by the stairs.
Facilities: Seating, Toilets, Wheelchair Accessible Toilet, Refreshments
Additional Restricitions on Access: Nine stone steps to access building. No street level access.
Further Accessibility Details: Not accessible for wheelchair/mobility scooter users. No elevator. No street-level access. As an A-listed building, we unfortunately have no street-level access. There are 9 stone steps from street level to the main level of the building, with a handrail, and once on this level it is possible to access to the main gallery, but the 2nd floor is accessed by the stairs.
Facilities: Seating, Toilets, Wheelchair Accessible Toilet, Refreshments
Additional Restricitions on Access: Nine stone steps to access building. No street level access.
ORGANISATION
Organised by: The Glasgow Art Club
The Glasgow Art Club, which has occupied its existing Bath Street premises since 1893, was founded in 1867 by William Dennistoun, a young amateur artist forced by ill health to leave the city. Dennistoun proposed that they should form an art club. He and 10 others, all amateur artists, held preliminary discussions in a tearoom above a Candleriggs baker's shop before launching the club in the Waverley Temperance Hotel on Buchanan Street.
Tel: 01412485210
Email: rachel@glasgowartclub.co.uk
Website: glasgowartclub.co.uk/
The Glasgow Art Club, which has occupied its existing Bath Street premises since 1893, was founded in 1867 by William Dennistoun, a young amateur artist forced by ill health to leave the city. Dennistoun proposed that they should form an art club. He and 10 others, all amateur artists, held preliminary discussions in a tearoom above a Candleriggs baker's shop before launching the club in the Waverley Temperance Hotel on Buchanan Street.
Tel: 01412485210
Email: rachel@glasgowartclub.co.uk
Website: glasgowartclub.co.uk/
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