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Sleeping Beauty by Margaret Macdonald at Hill House

Margaret Macdonald lived from 5 November 1864 to 7 January 1933. She was an artist whose work helped define "The Glasgow Style" and who married Charles Rennie Mackintosh. The wider picture in Scotland at the time is set out in our Historical Timeline.

Margaret Macdonald was born in the English Midlands, where her father, a Glaswegian, worked as a mining engineer. After he retired in 1890, the family moved back to Glasgow and the following year Margaret and her younger sister Frances both became students at the Glasgow School of Art. Margaret worked in a number of different media including paint, metalwork, embroidery, and textiles. While at the GSA, Margaret and Frances formed a close artistic partnership with J Herbert McNair and Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Frances Macdonald married McNair in 1899, and Margaret married Charles Rennie Mackintosh in 1900.

The group were often referred to as The Four or The Glasgow Four and collectively exh

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Notes:

1: See Jude Burkhauser, ed., Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880–1920, Edinburgh: Canongate Publishing: 1990.

2: Janice Helland, The Studios of Frances and Margaret Macdonald, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995, pp. 13–18.

3: Janice Helland, The Studios of Frances and Margaret Macdonald, Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1995, p. 20.

4: The Drooko poster is untraced. For a photograph see The Hunterian, University of Glasgow: GLAHA 52932. An example of the Institute poster is held by The Hunterian: GLAHA 41056.

5: Studio, 11, 1897, pp. 86–100.

6: See Pamela Robertson, ed., Doves and Dreams: The Art of Frances Macdonald and James Herbert McNair, London: Lund Humphries, 2006.

7: B. E. [sic] Kalas, 'The Art of Glasgow', De la Tamise à la Sprée, l'essor des industries d'art, Rheims: Michaud, 1905, reprinted in Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Memorial Exhibition Catalogue, Glasgow: McLellan Galleries, 1933, p. 5.

8: The Hunterian, University of

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Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

British artist (1864–1933)

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh

Born	Margaret Macdonald (1864-11-05)5 November 1864 Tipton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	7 January 1933(1933-01-07) (aged 68) Chelsea, London, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Education	Glasgow School of Art
Known for	Decorative Arts, Design, Art
Movement	Art Nouveau, Glasgow Style, Symbolism
Spouse	Charles Rennie Mackintosh

Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (5 November 1864 – 7 January 1933) was a British artist who worked in Scotland, and whose design work became one of the defining features of the Glasgow Style during the 1890s to 1900s.

Biography

Born Margaret Macdonald, at Tipton,^[1]Staffordshire between Birmingham and Wolverhampton, her father was a colliery manager and engineer. Margaret and her younger sister Frances both attended the Orme Girls' School, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire; their names are recorded in the school register.^[2] In the 1881 census Margaret, aged 16, was