Charles Rennie Mackintosh belongs to the record of technology as a figure whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Charles Rennie Mackintosh as Scottish architect, designer, water colourist and artist (1868-1928).
Charles Rennie Mackintosh was born at Townhead in 1868. His recorded nationality is the United Kingdom. He was educated at Glasgow School of Art and Allan Glen's School.
The nineteenth century professionalised nearly everything: salaried posts, formal training, and audiences large enough to sustain a career.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh is described as architect, painter and designer.
Among his principal works are Willow Tearooms, Glasgow School of Art and Queen's Cross Church. The engineer's achievement usually disappears into infrastructure, which is the point.
His recorded fields of work are architecture and design.
That the work was done from the United Kingdom matters. Opportunity has never been evenly distributed, and where a person is based shapes which doors open and whose work gets seen.
Death came in 1928, at 60. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Notable work: Willow Tearooms
- Notable work: Glasgow School of Art
- Notable work: Queen's Cross Church
- Notable work: Scotland Street School Museum
- Educated at Glasgow School of Art and Allan Glen's School
- Worked as architect, painter and designer
