Support is growing for Glasgow to erect a statue to Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Support is growing for Glasgow to erect a statue to Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Sculptor Andy Scott says it is time the city honoured the world-famous architect and designer.
Glasgow City Council leader Stephen Purcell said a statue was "long overdue".
He added: "Mackintosh was a pioneer in modern architecture.
"His iconic designs and monumental achievements, from Glasgow School of Art to Scotland Street School, helped put our great city on the world map.
"It is fitting that a contemporary Glasgow artist now wants to commemorate this towering figure in world architecture with a long overdue and much-deserved statue."
Seona Reid, director of the Mackintosh-designed Glasgow School of Art, said the institution was "more than happy to support any call to celebrate the genius of Mackintosh.
"Of course, the most appropriate recognition of his work comes, first and foremost, from an appreciation of his great buildings, but acknowledgment in the form of public art is also welcome."
