The most famous object created by Charles Renny Mackintosh is the famous chair with an unusually high lattice back. He has a trapezoid seat, straight legs. And downright medieval monumentality

Passing the gallery

Materials prepared: Julia Sakharova

Magazine: N (87) 2004

"Every object that passes through your hands must bear the features of an individual, beautiful and demanding execution," said Charles Rennie Mackintosh, an eminent English architect, leader of the architectural and design group Glasgow School. Actually as the style of "Mac" usually no one allocates. However, "by their deeds you shall know them." The farther the objects created by Charles from his era, the more modern. Charles Renny Mackintosh was born in 1868 in the UK, in Glasgow. At the age of 16 he worked in the architectural workshop of John Hutchinson. A year later, he entered the School of Art in the same place in Glasgow. After graduation, working as an assistant architect. And in 1890 he received a scholarship, thanks to which he went to study architecture in Italy and France. His first project builds in 1893. This is the tower for the Glasgow Herald Building. The construction of the building and the interior (including furniture) were presented by the architect as a whole. The most famous projects of the architect were created in the 1900-1910s. This “Windhill” is a home for his friend Davidson, “The House of Art Lovers” is a competition project, the interior design of the publisher A. Koch, “Hill House” is the home of the publisher W. Blackie. And, of course, the design of the School of Art hometown of Glasgow. All projects determines the absolute accuracy and purity of style. Charles McIntosh applies the principle of total design, developing and painting everything for the house: from furniture, tea service and cutlery to the building itself. In his short age, he created a series of chairs, desk clocks, lamps, tables and fireplaces that were copied, copied and will be copied. Its interior is dominated by geometry, objects are graphic, constructive, and the excess is removed. The most famous object created by him - the famous chair with an unusually high lattice back. He has a trapezoid seat, straight legs. And downright medieval monumentality. Furniture and accessories designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh have been successfully manufactured and sold so far. These subjects are so expressive and self-sufficient that they require a special approach. However, even one thing from Macintosh characterizes the interior as extraordinary, with a claim to intellectual supply.Return to the Library of Styles