Installation for the Eighth Secessionist Exhibition
1900
Interior Design
Wood, glass, textiles
Invited by the architect of the Viennese Secession, Josef Hoffman, Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret, presented a collaborative design for ‘The Scottish Room’ at the 8th annual exhibition of the movement held in Vienna. The installation is a recreation of the many tea room interiors designed by Mackintosh in Glasgow.
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Art Nouveau, The Vienna Secession, Symbolism
Born: 7 June 1868, Glasgow, Scotland
Nationality: Scottish
Died: 10 December 1928, London, England
Mackintosh was an architect, designer, water colourist and artist. His approach and stylistics had much in common with European Symbolism and his work, alongside that of his wife Margaret MacDonald, is considered to have been influential on European design movements such as Art Nouveau and Secessionism. Mackintosh is considered to be among the most influential figures of Modern Style and British Art Nouveau
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