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: Colour and Light
City Art Centre
2 Market St, Edinburgh EH1 1DE, United Kingdom
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