The Roots of the Scottish Artist, Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born in Glasgow on the 7th June 1868. He trained as an architect at a local firm and studied art and design at evening classes at Glasgow school of art.
He was an architect and designer in Glasgow, where a majority of his work still remains, for 2o years. He left Glasgow in search of recognition in London where he died. He was given almost no recognition by his native city, Glasgow, which in the late 19th century and early 20th century was the progressive movement in painting and decorative arts.
At art school, Mackintosh and his friend and colleague Herbert MacNair, met the talented sisters, Margaret and France MacDonald.…