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Portrait of Charles Rennie Mackintosh from Glasgow Herald, 17th December 1928
Charles Rennie Mackintosh died on Monday 10th December 1928. The obituary, below, appeared in the Glasgow Herald the following Saturday, 15th December. Obituary of Charles Rennie Mackintosh from Glasgow Herald, 15th December 1928
The same edition of the newspaper featured an appreciation of Mackintosh by fellow Glasgow architect, John Jeffrey Waddell, who had specialised in cinema and church buildings. Tribute to Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Mr. J. Jeffrey Waddell from Glasgow Herald, 15th December 1928
A few days after the publication of the obituary a letter from Mr James Morris was published, suggesting that the "circled end wing walls" at the Glasgow School of Art could be replicated at the development taking place on the other side of Renfrew Street, creating a kind of courtyard.
Letter to the Editor of the Glasgow Herald, 18th December 1928
Drawing of "circled end wing wall" at Glasgow School of Art, referred to by Mr Morris in his letter
It is not accurate as to the place of death and the age of Mackintosh, but it does give an insight into the contemporary view of his talents, which seem to have been greatly appreciated.
Reading Waddell's tribute, Mackintosh would appear not quite to have been the forgotten man of popular myth but a "brilliant architectural genius".
Surprisingly Waddell was of the opinion that neither of the two great Glasgow achitects, Alexander Thomson or Charles Rennie Mackintosh, "had a building quite worthy of their abilities".
It would have created a very interesting space if Mr Morris's suggestion had been taken up.
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