As a renowned Scottish artist, architect and designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was also a visionary, a highly celebrated contributor to both the Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was particularly influential in what was to be referred to as the Glasgow Style, which included ‘The Four’ – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864-1933), Frances Macdonald (1873-1921)and Herbert McNair (1868-1955).
Blending modernism and traditionalism, his work has been described as timeless. Charles Rannie Mackintosh was and still is an ‘artist of the moment’.
Whether through impressive edifices or by intricate details, Mackintosh’s aim was for his work to connect with people, often achieving this by juxta positioning light with dark, functionality with spirituality, modernity with tradition, masculinity with femininity while, at the same time, helping to entice the staid Victorian era into the modern age.
