Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Charles Rennie Mackintosh is widely recognised as one of those crucial figures in the history of art and architecture who make the discoveries that alert others to the way forward. He has been enrolled as a pioneer of modern design, herald of the International Style, prophet of Post-Modernism. He also designed the Glasgow School of Art, as well as interior designs for many interiors. Although Mackintosh was a very accomplished architect, he was also an important designer and watercolorist. Mackintosh's furniture was designed for specific rooms and settings. He insisted that form should follow function, and the function of his furniture was to make a visual statement. Mackintosh was born in 1868 in... more.