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Charles Hodge Mackie (1862–1920) was a Scottish artist. He was a co-founder, and the first president, of the Society of Scottish Artists in 1900.
Charles Hodge Mackie | |
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Born | 1862 Aldershot, Hampshire, England |
Died | 12 July 1920 Edinburgh, Scotland |
Nationality | Scottish |
Education | Royal Scottish Academy |
Movement | Colourist |
Spouse | Anne MacDonald Walls |
Mackie was born in Aldershot, England, the son of an army captain from Duddingston, Edinburgh. His family moved back to Edinburgh in 1866 when he was 4 years old. He briefly attended the University of Edinburgh as a medical student. He then studied art at the Royal Scottish Academy School where William McTaggart was one of his tutors.[1] At the beginning of his career, Mackie worked in Kirkcudbright, Scotland.[2] His first exhibition of a Kirkcudbright picture was of Kirkcudbright Town in 1884 at the Royal Society of Arts.[2] In 1893 he worked with Patrick Geddes, creating murals for an urban renewal project at Edinburgh's Ramsay Garden.[3]
In 1890 he was living and operating a studio from 15 Queen Street, one of the best addresses in the New Town of Edinburgh.[4] By 1895 he had moved to smaller premises at 2 William Street in the West End.[5] Soon after this he moved to Coltbridge Studio, a more rural location on the edge of the Water of Leith in the Roseburn district of west Edinburgh.[6]
In 1895 and 1896 he contributed black and white woodblock prints to illustrate the four issues of The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal published by Patrick Geddes and Colleagues and designed the embossed leather covers for each of the volumes.[7]
He died in Edinburgh on 12 July 1920 and was buried in Warriston Cemetery in the north of the city.[8]
In 1892, Mackie and his wife honeymooned in France, where he befriended Paul Sérusier.[9] Sérusier later introduced him to Paul Gauguin and other artists within the Pont-Aven School, making Mackie one of the first British artists to meet Gauguin.[10] These connections resulted in a strong French influence in Mackie's works, and it was Gauguin who convinced Mackie to use Japanese oak blocks for printing, rather than cut linoleum.[9] However, by the beginning of the 20th century, Mackie had adopted a more conventional impressionist style.[2]
In 1900, Mackie was a co-founder, and the first president, of the Society of Scottish Artists. In 1901, he was a founding member of the Staithes Art Club and subsequently contributed work to Yorkshire Union of Artists exhibitions. He was a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour and involved in the establishment of the Scottish Modern Arts Association in 1906.[7] He became a full member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1917.[11]
Mackie became close with many Pont-Aven School artists during his trips to France. He also had a close friendship with artist Laura Knight, whom he had met at an artists' colony in Staithes in North Yorkshire around 1900.[10] In 1908, he travelled to Venice with fellow Scottish artist Adam Bruce Thomson.[2] His French style also had an influence on some of the Glasgow Boys.[12]
Exhibitions of Mackie's work during his lifetime.[2][3][11]
Mackie was married to Anne MacDonald. Their son Donald MacDonald Mackie (1897-1970) was an architect.[13]
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