The roots of the Scottish Artist, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

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 …

…want his total design of house and interior and he was incapable of compramise. In 1949, Mackintosh had despaired of ever receiving recognition in Glasgow, and both he and Margaret moved to the Suffolk coastline where Mackintosh produced fine water-colour studies of plants. In 1915, they settled in London, and for the next few years, Mackintosh attempted to resume practice as an architect and designer. Charles Rennie Mackintosh died in London of cancer, on 10th of December 1928.