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His watercolour ‘Autumn’ was transformed into a poster for the Scottish Musical Review, where his characteristic lettering appeared underneath his design of a single woman, her black hair billowing around her face, surrounded by white doves with pale pink stylised roses in their feathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth Mackintosh’s design and colour palette inspired designer, Nicola Slaney. Her Art Nouveau lady adorns this plaque, and appears more at peace than Mackintosh’s, who appears almost imprisoned by the birds and linework of the original design. Purple, plum, green and gold are the colours of choice for Nicola.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name of the plaque, Art is the Flower (Life is the Green Leaf). This quote came from Mackintosh’s ‘Seemliness’ lecture given in Glasgow in 1902, at which he famously said “\u003cem\u003eArt is the flower – Life is the green leaf. Let every artist strive to make his flower a beautiful living thing, something that will convince the world that there may be, there are, things more precious more beautiful – more lasting than life itself.\u003c\/em\u003e” Nicola, has taken those immortal words, and woven her magic to create a Low issue quantity Limited Edition Plaque - representational of Mackintosh’s sentiment – an item that is precious, beautiful and lasting.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-12-03T06:00:39+10:00","created_at":"2022-12-02T08:33:22+10:00","vendor":"Moorcroft","type":"Plaque","tags":["Designer_Nicola Slaney","Limited Edition","Type_Limited Edition"],"price":101700,"price_min":101700,"price_max":101700,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43667548602596,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Moorcroft Art is the Flower PLQ | LE 4\/10","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":101700,"weight":2000,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1a.jpg?v=1669934224","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1b.jpg?v=1669934224","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1c.jpg?v=1669934223","\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1d.jpg?v=1669934223"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1a.jpg?v=1669934224","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":"Moorcroft Art is the Flower PLQ | LE 4\/10","id":34986042917092,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1a.jpg?v=1669934224"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1a.jpg?v=1669934224","width":1250},{"alt":"Moorcroft Art is the Flower PLQ | LE 4\/10","id":34986042949860,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1b.jpg?v=1669934224"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1b.jpg?v=1669934224","width":1250},{"alt":"Moorcroft Art is the Flower PLQ | LE 4\/10","id":34986042982628,"position":3,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1c.jpg?v=1669934223"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1c.jpg?v=1669934223","width":1250},{"alt":"Moorcroft Art is the Flower PLQ | LE 4\/10","id":34986043015396,"position":4,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"width":1250,"src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1d.jpg?v=1669934223"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1250,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.roundaboutantiques.com.au\/cdn\/shop\/products\/art_flower_PLQ_1d.jpg?v=1669934223","width":1250}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"Moorcroft Art is the Flower PLQ\u003cbr\u003eIssued in a Limited Edition of 10 pieces only\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully Framed and Ready to Hang on your Wall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigner: Nicola Slaney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApprox 25cms (9 3\/4\") square\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn excellent, first quality condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eComplete with full Moorcroft boxing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Art is the Flower\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Rennie Mackintosh had no training in lithographic printing and only produced four posters during his lifetime, all in the mid-1890s. His watercolour ‘Autumn’ was transformed into a poster for the Scottish Musical Review, where his characteristic lettering appeared underneath his design of a single woman, her black hair billowing around her face, surrounded by white doves with pale pink stylised roses in their feathers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth Mackintosh’s design and colour palette inspired designer, Nicola Slaney. Her Art Nouveau lady adorns this plaque, and appears more at peace than Mackintosh’s, who appears almost imprisoned by the birds and linework of the original design. Purple, plum, green and gold are the colours of choice for Nicola.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name of the plaque, Art is the Flower (Life is the Green Leaf). This quote came from Mackintosh’s ‘Seemliness’ lecture given in Glasgow in 1902, at which he famously said “\u003cem\u003eArt is the flower – Life is the green leaf. Let every artist strive to make his flower a beautiful living thing, something that will convince the world that there may be, there are, things more precious more beautiful – more lasting than life itself.\u003c\/em\u003e” Nicola, has taken those immortal words, and woven her magic to create a Low issue quantity Limited Edition Plaque - representational of Mackintosh’s sentiment – an item that is precious, beautiful and lasting.\u003c\/p\u003e"}