Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Art and Design Book of Postcards

Architect, designer, and watercolor artist Charles Rennie Mackintosh is celebrated internationally for the Glasgow School of Art—his masterpiece; The Hill House villa in Helensburgh, Scotland; and the remarkable tearoom interiors he designed for Miss Catherine Cranston in Glasgow’s city center. These projects represent some of the finest examples of the “room as a work of art,” in which the architect designed not only the structure but also the decorative scheme, furniture, and furnishings, unifying them all into beautiful and harmonious ensembles.

During the latter part of his life, when he lived in England and France, Mackintosh (Scottish, 1868–1928) worked at a more intimate scale. He focused on textile design and produced a series of watercolor paintings of flowers and landscapes. This book of postcards presents thirty examples from his wide-ranging oeuvre as a painter and designer.

Images

1. The Wassail (detail), 1900
2. Arch of Titus, Rome, 1891
3. Mixed Flowers, Mont Louis, 1925
4. Stencil in Hall, The Hill House, 1904
5. The Rocks, 1927
6. House for an Art Lover: Elevations of the Drawing Room Fireplace and the Music Room Piano, c. 1902
7. Begonias, 1916
8. Furniture Fabric—Blue, Black, Purple and White, n.d.
9. Port Vendres, c. 1926–1927
10. Blackthorn, Chiddingstone, 1910
11. Summer in the South, c. 1924–1927
12. House for an Art Lover: Design for the Dining Room, c. 1902
13. Blue and Pink Tobacco Flowers, c. 1916–1919
14. Blanc Antoine, c. 1925
15. Odalisque, n.d.
16. White Tulips, c. 1918–1920
17. In Fairyland, 1897
18. House for an Art Lover: Design for the Music Room, c. 1902
19. Cyclamen, c. 1922–1925
20. Venetian Palace, Blackshore on the Blyth, 1914
21. Wave Pattern—Green, Black and Pink, n.d.
22. Peonies, c. 1919–1920
23. Palazzo Ca’ d’Oro, Venice, 1891
24. Tacsonia, Cintra, Portugal, 1908
25. A Spanish Farm, c. 1925
26. Anemones, c. 1916
27. House for an Art Lover: Design for the Drawing Room Windows, c. 1902
28. Palalda, Pyrénées-Orientales, c. 1924–1927
29. Tulip and Lattice—Diagonal, c. 1916–1919
30. Yellow Tulips, c. 1922–1923