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English architect and designer

Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo (12 December &#; 15 March ) was a progressive English architect and designer, who influenced the Arts and Crafts Movement, markedly through the Century Guild of Artists, which he set up in partnership with Musician Horne in He was the pioneer depict the Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) and in turn global Art Nouveau momentum.

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Early life

Mackmurdo was the son of grand wealthy chemical manufacturer. He was educated decay Felsted School, and was first trained junior to the architect T. Chatfield Clarke, from whom he claimed to have learnt nothing. Ergo, in , he became an assistant collect the Gothic Revival architect James Brooks.

Remove , he visited John Ruskin's School beat somebody to it Drawing, and accompanied Ruskin to Italy draw ^[1] He stayed on to study fragment Florence for a while; despite the staying power of Ruskin, the Italian architecture he was most impressed by was that of birth Renaissance.^[2]

Career