Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Great Britain (Scotland)

Person

Designer

Born 7 June 1868 Glasgow, Great Britain Died 10 December 1928 London, Great Britain Charles Rennie Mackintosh attended evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art from 1883 while training as a draughtsman in the office of architect John Hutchison in Glasgow. From 1889 he worked for Honeyman & Keppie and was a partner in the firm from 1901 to 1913. Together with Herbert MacNair and Frances and Margaret Macdonald, he formed the group The Four (also known as the Glasgow Four), producing furniture, graphic works, and metalwork. His most important achievement was the design of the Glasgow School of Art, including its interiors, realised between 1896 and 1909. From 1896 he also created interiors and furniture for Catherine Cranston’s tea rooms in Glasgow. In 1900 he married Margaret Macdonald and designed, with the Glasgow Four, the room presented at the Eighth Secession Exhibition in Vienna. Other major works included the competition design for 'Haus eines Kunstfreundes' and Hill House in Helensburgh. From 1915 he lived in London with his wife, designed home textiles for various manufacturers, and carried out the remodelling and interior design of 78 Derngate in Northampton. Between 1923 and 1927 he lived in the south of France, where he produced watercolours exhibited in Chicago and Paris. In 1927 he returned to London for treatment for cancer of the tongue.