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	William Burrell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Burrell joined this business in 1875, at the age of 14, and took over the firm when his father died.
		Burrell and his brothers were successful in business by ordering ships during economic downturns, and using these modern vessels to full capacity when the economy recovered.
		Burrell was knighted in 1927 for services to art and for his public work.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Burrell (246 words)

	ViaMichelin Magazine
		In 1944, Burrell gave his collection to the City of Glasgow, though he continued adding to it until his death in 1958, at the age of 97.
		Burrell often said that the collection is the important thing, not the collector.
		The Burrell Collection is open Mon-Thurs and Sat 10am-5pm, Fri and Sun 11am-5pm (closed 25 and 26 Dec and 1 and 2 Jan).
	www.viamichelin.com /viamichelin/gbr/tpl/mag3/art20040101/htm/dest_burrell.htm (724 words)

	CARP: From Collector To Connoisseur: Sir William Burrell and Chinese Art, 1911-57
		From this time on, Burrell collected a steady stream of Han, Tang and Song ceramics (1st-13th century), which included a straw coloured glazed Tang Camel which was purchased in 1915 (38_120) and a large Southern celadon temple vase, 14th century Yuan period in date, purchased in 1914 (38_309).
		Bronzes collected later, particularly during the middle-late 1940s were of the Shang and Zhou periods, including an important inscribed zun formerly in a Chinese collection and related by inscription to another bronze in the British Museum (8_18).
		Burrell developed rapidly as a collector of Chinese art, broadening his interests from the standard Victorian and Edwardian taste for Kangxi ceramics to encompass the early wares that were coming out of China at the beginning of the 20th century via dealers such as John Sparks and Bluetts.
	www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk /admn/php/carp/essay1.php?enum=1097070125 (3175 words)

	Sir William Burrell
		Furthermore, his collection is one of the largest gathered by any one man and one which he eventually, generously presented, as a gift, to the city of Glasgow for public enjoyment.
		Burrell was born in Glasgow on 9 July 1861 to father William Burrell and mother Isabella (née Guthrie).
		Lord Clark describes Burrell's collecting style in more appropriate terms: "He was not simply an amasser; he was an aesthete" 1.
	www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk /MultimediaStudentProjects/00-01/9702846d/mmcourse/project/html/sir_william_burrell.htm (496 words)

	See Glasgow's Treasures in the Burrell Collection
		This outstanding collection was presented, to the city of Glasgow, by Sir William Burrell and his wife, Lady Constance.
		In 1944 he gifted the entire collection to the City of Glasgow, with the proviso that the collection be housed in a rural setting and displayed not less than 16 miles from the city centre and within four miles of Killearn.
		Burrell was known to have been collecting items from the Orient as early as 1911.
	www.magiccarpetjournals.com /glasgow.htm (1493 words)

	Burrell Collection
		William Burrell was born in Glasgow in 1861.
		Classic Song wares are well-represented in the Burrell Collection; there are white ding wares with either incised or moulded decoration, jun wares of lavender blue, sometimes with splashes of purple, and the whole range of green celadon wares.
		Sir William Burrell always maintained that the collection, not the collector, was the important thing, yet an eye for quality and the vision to collect in unusual areas provide a hallmark for his Chinese collection no less than for the whole.
	www.sacu.org /burrell.html (1145 words)

	Encyclopedia: Burrell Collection
		The Burrell Collection is an art collection in the city of Glasgow, in Scotland.
		A building designed and constructed to house the collection was opened by the Queen in 1983.
		The Burrell contains an important collection of medieval art, works by Degas and Cezanne, modern sculpture and a whole host of other artefacts from around the world, all collected by one man. Edgar Degas (July 19, 1834 - September 27, 1917) was a French painter and sculptor.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Burrell-Collection (535 words)

	The madness and mystery of the Burrell - [Sunday Herald]
		The message from Taylor is that the Burrell Collection is the pre-eminent weapon in Glasgow’s cultural armoury.
		By 1901, Burrell had at least 200 pieces in his collection – we know because that was the number he lent to the Glasgow International Exhibition of that year.
		Burrell, whose Glasgow residence was right in the city centre, was worried about the effects of pollution on the collection and stipulated that the building housing it should be not less than 16 miles from Royal Exchange Square.
	www.sundayherald.com /45528 (1891 words)

	The Burrell Museum, Burrell Collection, Glasgow Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Glasgow's major attraction, the Burrell Museum, is a Collection amassed by wealthy industrialist Sir William Burrell ship owner and art collector, before it was donated to the city in 1944.
		After much wrangling over where the collection should be located, it was, in 1963, finally agreed that it should be housed in a purpose-designed Museum building in Pollok Country Park, 5km south of the city centre.
		The Burrell Collection is formed of huge unadorned facades of ashlared Locharbriggs red sandstone, peeled away in zones for glazing.
	www.glasgowarchitecture.co.uk /burrell_museum.htm (906 words)

	Famous Scots - Sir William Burrell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Art was a lifelong interest for Burrell, but once he began collecting in earnest, he spent an average of twenty thousand pounds a year on items such as paintings by Degas and Cezanne, and Rembrandt.
		Burrell was also interested in Eastern art, and collected Japanese prints, Islamic ceramics, Persian carpets, and a surprisingly comprehensive assortment of Chinese ceramics.
		Since 1983, The Burrell Collection has been housed at in Pollock Park, fulfilling Burrell's stipulation that his art be kept "in a rural setting far removed from the atmospheric pollution of urban conurbations, not less than 16 miles from the Royal Exchange."
	www.tartans.com /articles/famscots/burrell.html (234 words)

	Family fury over sale of Sir William Burrell's home - Evening Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Managing director Mary Semple said: "Prior to the purchase of Sir William Burrell's house we held discussions with the conservation officer and council planners and it is our intention to follow their design brief for the restoration of the building.
		Rachel Burrell, Sir William's niece, died two years ago but was keen her uncle's home - which has 18 main rooms, a kitchen and six bathrooms - was kept under council ownership.
		•Burrell always stated that none of his exhibits should be loaned abroad because of the risk of damage in transit.
	www.eveningtimes.co.uk /print/news/5037262.shtml (759 words)

	The Burrell Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Burrell had been an art collector since his teens, and the collection is made up of a vast array of works of all periods and from all over the world.
		The Burrell Collection is situated in the tranquil surroundings of Pollok Country Park in the South of the city, and is a short walk from Pollok House.
		The Burrell Collection has disabled parking bays, full accessibility to gallery areas for wheelchair users, and a lift is available from the main reception area.
	www.glasgowguide.co.uk /events-venues/burrell.htm (342 words)

	Burrell Collection review what to see and do in Glasgow Scotland for Visitors
		Sir William Burrell donated his huge art collection to the city of Glasgow but it took over 25 years of law changes and procrastination by the city council to turn his dream into reality.
		His gift (the collection), together with 250,000 pounds for the construction of a gallery, specified that the building should be within four miles of Killearn and not less than 16 miles from the centre of Glasgow as he was worried about the effect that industrial pollution might have on it.
		Once you have saw 10 plates/paintings/sculptures do you really want to see another 50/80/100/etc. Whilst an immense and impressive collection it isn't really the place you would go with children (it is very much a glass case exhibit type of attraction)and struggles to hold the interest for all but real "art buffs".
	www.scotlandforvisitors.com /burel.php (241 words)

	Burrell Collection -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is situated in (additional info and facts about Pollok Country Park) Pollok Country Park on the south side of the city.
		The collection was gifted to the city of Glasgow by Sir (additional info and facts about William Burrell) William Burrell in 1944.
		The Burrell contains an important collection of medieval art, works by (additional info and facts about Degas) Degas and (French postimpressionist painter who influenced modern art (especially cubism) by stressing the structural components latent in nature (1839-1906)) Cezanne, and modern sculpture.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/burrell_collection.htm (192 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Scotland \| Burrell painting looted by Nazis
		A painting in the Burrell Collection in Glasgow was looted from its Jewish owners during the Nazi era and must be returned, officials have declared.
		The collection of 9,000 works of art was gifted to the city of Glasgow in 1944 by the shipping magnate.
		The Burrell Collection was subject to review because William Burrell did business with British and European dealers during the 1930s.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/scotland/4039127.stm (452 words)

	The Burrell Collection, Glasgow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Burrell Collection, a purpose built building, was erected to house the works of art passed to the City of Glasgow from Sir William Burrell and his wife.
		William Burrell and his wife requested that his goods be housed somewhere peaceful, near to nature and removed from pollution, although the final place had not been decided before his death in 1958, we are sure he would have approved.
		A ten-minute walk from The Burrell Collection, Pollok House also has stunning gardens, beautifully presented including a collection of over 1,000 species of flowers, which are also open to the public.
	www.victorianhotel-glasgow.co.uk /html/burrell.htm (265 words)

	BBC News \| SCOTLAND \| Burrell review over looting fears
		Some of the collection's most famous works were bought in the 1930s in the lead-up to World War Two.
		William Burrell, a wealthy shipping owner, bought several of the collection's famous artworks during the time of the Nazi regime in Germany.
		The Thinker by Rodan is in the collection
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/uk_news/scotland/998925.stm (472 words)

	More About the Burrell Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		They wanted the collection to be housed in a building 16 miles from the centre of the Glasgow, to show the works of art to their greatest advantage and also to avoid the damaging effects of air pollution.
		The Burrell was purpose built, the result of an architectural competition and opened to the public in 1983.
		Care was taken to ensure harmony between the building and its collections and the park in which it is situated.
	www.glasgow.gov.uk /en/Residents/Leisure_Culture/Museums_Galleries/Venues/TheBurrellCollection/burrellcollection2.htm (462 words)

	Burrell, William - ScotlandsPeople
		Burrell was the third of nine children born into a Glasgow shipping family on 9 July 1861.
		He was then free to devote all his time to his passion for collecting art and antiques from around the world, which began when he was just a teenager and continued throughout his life.
		In 1944 Burrell, who was knighted in 1927 for services to art and his public work, donated nearly his entire collection, some 6,000 items, to the city of Glasgow along with ú250,000 to construct a building to house it.
	www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk /content/help/index.aspx?r=546&1082 (507 words)

	Scottish Tourist Sites - Scotland's Cultural Heritage
		The Burrell collection, opened in 1983, in Pollock Country Park, is an emblem of the city's cultural status: its composition and extent is quite bewildering-from prehistoric times to the Victorian era.
		The collection comprises over 3000 drawings, prints and sculptures from the 17th century to the present day, and there are regular exhibitions drawn from throughout Britain and overseas.
		The museum has an absorbing collection of theatre posters and programmes, an array of trade union banners and artefacts concerned with the suffrage movement and the history of socialism in the city.
	www.huddersfield1.co.uk /scottourist/scotculture.htm (1635 words)

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		William Burrell and his brother inherited their father's shipbuilding company when they were just young lads.
		The Burrell Collection was finally opened to the public in 1983.
		The adjacent land was also gifted to the city for the home of the Burrell Collection, which had been held in storage until a home could be built for this art collection.
	www.joenwolfrom.com /travellog.php?selectby=restaurant&country=Scotland (1470 words)

	Museums from Rampant Scotland Directory
		The story of the jute works at Verdant (now an award-winning tourist attraction with original working machinery, computer displays and film show), the story of jute and a background to the social history of Dundee when it was the world centre for the manufacture of jute.
		The pride of the collection is the magnificent Rosemarkie cross-slab, decorated with enigmatic Pictish symbols.
		The social history collections of the eighteenth and nineteenth century are particularly important.
	www.rampantscotland.com /museums.htm (3012 words)

	Magazine Antiques: Seventeenth-century embroideries in the Burrell collection
		Sir William Burrell (1861-1958), a wealthy Scottish shipowner, was a discerning collector whose appreciation of craftsmanship and quality led to his acquisition of more than eight thousand objects, ranging from the artifacts of ancient Egypt to the pastels of Edgar Degas.
		He began collecting before 1900 and continued to add to his collection even after he gave it to the city of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1944.
		It is embroidered with a variety of animals, ranging from heraldic beasts (such as the lion and the leopard) to representations of the senses (such as the dog for smell, the stag for hearing, the boar for lust, and the monkey for taste).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n6_v147/ai_17156238 (1462 words)

	Virtual Yarns - Designs
		Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) was a Scottish shipping magnate who in addition to accumulating a large fortune, also collected art for most of his long life.
		The Burrell Collection is eclectic and includes painting, statuary, tapestry, stained glass, embroidery and also garments.
		I gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the staff at The Burrell Collection, which is run by Glasgow Museums and is open to the public, admission free, throughout the year.
	www.virtualyarns.com /designs/backcat_coll.asp (1333 words)

	Today
		The city boasts such attractions as the Burrell Collection, Glasgow Cathedral and the Tenement House, as well as a lively nightlife.
		Today's Glasgow is letting the world know about its striking architecture, heritage and culture, building on the success of more than a decade of stimulating new developments such as the Burrell Collection and accolades like Cultural Capital of Europe in 1990 and UK City of Architecture and Design in 1999.
		The Burrell Collection, with its collection of textiles, furniture, ceramics and other objets d'art, is typical of the city's cultural wealth.
	www.sorbie.net /glasgow_page.htm (1029 words)

	Glasgow Photo Library - Burrell Collection
		When William Burrell donated his huge art collection to the City of Glasgow, he specified that it should be housed in a building at least 16 miles from the heart of the city - he was concerned about air pollution.
		The architects took the opportunity to make the parkland and the nearby trees a part of the display by skillful use of glass - the largest display area is like a "walk in the woods".
		The huge display includes Chinese ceramics and pottery (a world-class collection), tapestries, stained glass (one of the best collections in the country), Chinese jade, Persian and Indian rugs, Egyptian statuettes, Greek and Italian pottery, and furniture.
	www.rampantscotland.com /glasgow/glw_burrell.htm (183 words)

	The Scotsman - Scotland - Burrell show reflects Turner's love of the sea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Forty-one seascapes from the latter half of Turner’s life go on show at the Burrell Collection from 21 February.
		The collection of oils and watercolours by the man often seen as Britain’s greatest painter is expected to be a huge draw.
		Muriel King, the manager at the Burrell Collection, estimates that as many as 100,000 visitors are expected over three months for the exhibition, Turner: the Late Seascapes.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /scotland.cfm?id=169822004 (555 words)

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