MACKINTOSH CHARLES RENNIE
(1868-1928)
| Nationality: | British |
| Activity: | Painter in watercolours and fourniture designer |
| Average rate: | Between $ 35,000 and 400,000 |
Charles Rennie Mackintosh studied art in Glasgow and worked for an architect at 16. He was awarded a grant in 1890 and travelled to France and Italy before he became determined to associate architecture and decoration.
He co-founded the group of «Four» with some architects and decorators and designed between 1898 and 1909 the Glasgow School of Art, which exhaled his personal vision of modern style.
The pieces of furniture he exhibited at the Weimar Secession in 1900 were much in tune with those produced by Viennese designers.
Mackintosh had much in common with Joseph Hoffmann, one of the main figures of the Jugenstil movement or Guimard, who was the promoter of Art Nouveau in France.
The Scottish designer however moved towards a simplification of forms to reach the straight line pattern and an asymmetrical determination of full and void forms. He lived in Port-Vendres from 1920 and produced watercolours until his death which occurred in London on December 10th 1928.
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