Peonies, ca. 1920, Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on paper, 17 x 17 in. (43. 2 x 43. 2 cm), Drawings, Mackintosh made his reputation at the turn of the century as an architect and designer of great originality. In 1914, however, he abruptly left his native Glasgow, and by the time he painted Peonies he was living in London, where, although his work had never been fully appreciated by the English, he was attempting to reestablish his career