BORN in Parson Street, Glasgow in 1868, Charles Rennie Mackintosh was to become an architect of international significance and "the father of Glasgow Style".
From an early age, he expressed interest in the profession and aged 16, became apprentice to local architect John Hutchison.
After transferring to a more established practice, Honeyman and Keppie, he enrolled for evening classes at the Glasgow School of Art, seen as one of the best academies of its kind in Europe.
He won numerous prizes as a student, allowing him to undertake an architectural tour of Italy in 1890.
After returning to Glasgow, he incorporated cutting edge technology into brilliant designs, working on projects including the old Glasgow Herald building in Mitchell Street.
He gained the commission for the new art school building in 1896.
His originality won Mackintosh recognition throughout Europe, although he struggled to win the same acclaim in his home country. A design for Scotland Street School in Glasgow, in 1906, was to be his last public commission.
He moved to London in 1914, then disillusioned with architecture, he moved to the south of France in 1923 and devoted the last years of his life to painting.
He died, in London, in 1928.
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