Monday, 16 February 2015
Charles Rennie Mackintosh: First retrospective reveals tantalising glimpses of what might have been
In 1909, two architects, born within a year of each other in the late 1860s on either side of the Atlantic, were engaged in the final stages of work that would define phases of their careers. The long life, large output and worldwide fame of the American, Frank Lloyd Wright, are well documented. For the architect working in Scotland and completing his most famous project, the Glasgow School of Art, the year would mark the end of the major commissions he would receive. When Charles Rennie Mackintosh died in London in 1928, he had built nothing of significance in his last 20 years. His entire estate was valued at £88.
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