Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born on this day in 1868.
An architect, artist, and designer, Mackintosh's talents created a global audience for the 'Glasgow Style', and contributed to
@GSofA's enduring reputation for nurturing artists and innovators.
ALT A quarter grid post of Charles Rennie Mackintosh works. Top Left: detail of Mackintosh from the 'Immortals Album', taken on a sketching holiday in Ayrshire in 1893: Top Right: detail from Mackintosh watercolour 'Harvest Moon' (1892) An Angelic figure is backlit against the moon, encircling it with stylised wings, while mists drift around the angel's body. In the foreground, colourful fruits, leaves and flowers appear amongst thorny branches. Bottom left: Design for Windyhill, Kilmacolm, perspective from south-west (1900) a clean line drawing of a Mackintosh building, with rose bushes in the foreground. Bottom right: A Mackintosh chair with a wide seat and a high, curved back, carved with Mackintosh's signature linear grid motif.