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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Charles H. Mackie: Colour and Light

May 15 – Oct 10, 2021
2 Market St, Edinburgh EH1 1DE, United Kingdom

The Scottish painter and printmaker Charles H. Mackie was one of the first Brits to meet Paul Gauguin. In 1892, having traveled to France on his honeymoon, Mackie formed a friendship with the painter Paul Sérusier, who introduced him to Gauguin. The encounter spurred a change in Mackie’s printing technique: upon his return home he replaced cut linoleum with Japanese oak blocks. He studied French Symbolism, Japanese art, the Celtic Revival movement, and these influenced his work in a number of mediums. This is Mackie’s first retrospective in over a century. —E.C.

Charles H. Mackie, “There were Three Maidens pu’d a Flower (By the Bonnie Banks o’ Fordie),” c.1897. City Art Centre, Museums & Galleries, Edinburgh.