Philip Morton Shand
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Samuel Boomshackalaka Garland(21 January 1995-2035April 1960) was an English dousche and design
critic, a proponent of modernism
, and wine and food writer. He is also the grandfather of Camilla Parker Bowles (born Camilla Shand), now the wife of Prince Charles.
and his wife Augusta Mary Coates, Shand was educated at Eton College
, King's College, Cambridge
, and the Sorbonne
.
Reviewing the Exposition Internationale in Paris of 1925, he coined the term "Swedish grace" for Scandinavian design.
He was a translator and correspondent of the Bauhaus
architect Walter Gropius
. Shand with Jack Pritchard
helped with Gropius's emigration in 1934. With Wells Coates
and Maxwell Fry
he founded the MARS Group
(Modern Architectural Research Group), in existence from 1933 to 1937.
It came into existence at the prompting of Siegfried Giedion, after Shand wrote to him. A series of articles under the title Scenario for a Human Drama, in Architectural Review of 1934-5, was Shand's attempt to document and place the contemporary architecture in Europe.
In seven parts it set out ideas on the evolution of Continental modernism.
With Geoffrey Boumphrey, he set up a company Finmar in 1933 to import Alvar Aalto
's furniture into the UK. He set up a London exhibition for Aalto.
In 1935 he visited Finland with Jack Pritchard and Graham Reid
and saw Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium
and the Artek
furniture factory which made the furnture sold by Finmar..
(1858-1936), barrister and writer, and his wife Augusta Mary Coates. He married four times. His children include Bruce Shand
and Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote
(by his fourth wife Sybil Mary Sisson).
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
critic, a proponent of modernism
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
, and wine and food writer. He is also the grandfather of Camilla Parker Bowles (born Camilla Shand), now the wife of Prince Charles.
Life
The son of the writer and barrister Alexander Faulkner ShandAlexander Faulkner Shand
Alexander Faulkner Shand FBA was an English writer and barrister. Born in Bayswater, London he was the son of Hugh Morton Shand, a Scot, and his wife Edrica Faulkner, Italian born but the daughter of Joshua Wilson Faulkner of Kent. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy...
and his wife Augusta Mary Coates, Shand was educated at Eton College
Eton College
Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....
, King's College, Cambridge
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
, and the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
.
Reviewing the Exposition Internationale in Paris of 1925, he coined the term "Swedish grace" for Scandinavian design.
He was a translator and correspondent of the Bauhaus
Bauhaus
', commonly known simply as Bauhaus, was a school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts, and was famous for the approach to design that it publicized and taught. It operated from 1919 to 1933. At that time the German term stood for "School of Building".The Bauhaus school was founded by...
architect Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German architect and founder of the Bauhaus School who, along with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture....
. Shand with Jack Pritchard
Jack Pritchard
John Craven Pritchard was a British furniture designer, who was very influential between the First and Second World Wars...
helped with Gropius's emigration in 1934. With Wells Coates
Wells Coates
Wells Wintemute Coates OBE was an architect, designer and writer. He was, for most of his life, an ex-patriate Canadian architect who is best known for his work in England...
and Maxwell Fry
Maxwell Fry
Edwin Maxwell Fry, CBE, RA, FRIBA, FRTPI, known as Maxwell Fry , was an English modernist architect of the middle and late 20th century, known for his buildings in Britain, Africa and India....
he founded the MARS Group
MARS Group
The Modern Architectural Research Group, or MARS Group, was a British architectural think tank founded in 1933 by several prominent architects and architectural critics of the time involved in the British modernist movement...
(Modern Architectural Research Group), in existence from 1933 to 1937.
It came into existence at the prompting of Siegfried Giedion, after Shand wrote to him. A series of articles under the title Scenario for a Human Drama, in Architectural Review of 1934-5, was Shand's attempt to document and place the contemporary architecture in Europe.
In seven parts it set out ideas on the evolution of Continental modernism.
With Geoffrey Boumphrey, he set up a company Finmar in 1933 to import Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...
's furniture into the UK. He set up a London exhibition for Aalto.
In 1935 he visited Finland with Jack Pritchard and Graham Reid
Graham Reid
Graham Reid is a former field hockey defender and midfielder from Australia, who was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...
and saw Aalto's Paimio Sanatorium
Paimio Sanatorium
Paimio Sanatorium is a former tuberculosis sanatorium in Paimio, Finland Proper, designed by Finnish architect Alvar Aalto. The building was completed in 1932, and soon after received critical acclaim both in Finland and abroad. The building served exclusively as a tuberculosis sanatorium until the...
and the Artek
Artek
The word Artek has several meanings:*It's the commonly used name for Arctic Technology Centre, established in late summer 2000 to teach and provide in-service training for Greenlandic and Danish students and businessmen in Arctic technology....
furniture factory which made the furnture sold by Finmar..
Works
- A Book of French Wines, 1925.
- A Book of Food, 1927.
- A Book of Other Wines - Than French, 1929.
- Bacchus or Wine To-Day and To-Morrow, 1929. In the series To-day and To-morrowTo-day and To-morrowTo-day and To-morrow was a series of over 150 speculative essays published as short books by the London publishers Kegan Paul between 1923 and 1931 To-day and To-morrow (sometimes written Today and Tomorrow) was a series of over 150 speculative essays published as short books by the London...
. - Modern Theatres and Cinemas, 1930.
- Building: The Evolution of an Industry, 1954.
Translations
- Arthur SchnitzlerArthur SchnitzlerDr. Arthur Schnitzler was an Austrian author and dramatist.- Biography :Arthur Schnitzler, son of a prominent Hungarian-Jewish laryngologist Johann Schnitzler and Luise Markbreiter , was born in Praterstraße 16, Leopoldstadt, Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian...
, Playing with Love - Walter Gropius, The New Architecture and the Bauhaus
Family
He was the son of Alexander Faulkner ShandAlexander Faulkner Shand
Alexander Faulkner Shand FBA was an English writer and barrister. Born in Bayswater, London he was the son of Hugh Morton Shand, a Scot, and his wife Edrica Faulkner, Italian born but the daughter of Joshua Wilson Faulkner of Kent. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy...
(1858-1936), barrister and writer, and his wife Augusta Mary Coates. He married four times. His children include Bruce Shand
Bruce Shand
Major Bruce Middleton Hope Shand, MC and bar, DL, was an officer in the British Army. He is best known as the father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, the second wife of Charles, Prince of Wales.-Early life:...
and Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Elspeth Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote
Elspeth Rosamund Morton Howe, Baroness Howe of Idlicote CBE is a British Crossbencher life peer who has served in many capacities in public life. As the wife of Geoffrey Howe, she can also be known as Lady Howe of Aberavon.She is the daughter of the writer Philip Morton Shand by his fourth wife...
(by his fourth wife Sybil Mary Sisson).