By 1923, the Mackintoshes had moved to Port Vendres, a Mediterranean coastal town in southern France with a warm climate that was a comparably cheaper location in which to live. Mackintosh had entirely abandoned architecture and design and concentrated on watercolour painting. He was interested in the relationships between man-made and naturally occurring landscapes and created a large portfolio of architecture and landscape watercolour paintings. Many of his paintings depict Port Vendres, a small port near the Spanish border, and the landscapes of Roussillon. The local Charles Rennie Mackintosh Trail details his time in Port Vendres and shows the paintings and their locations.The Mackintosh Trail, L'association Charles Rennie Mackintosh en Roussillon. The couple remained in France for two years, before being forced to return to London in 1927 due to illness.
By 1923 the Mackintoshes had moved to Port Vendres a Mediterranean coastal town in southern France with a warm climate that was a comparably cheaper location in which to live Mackintosh had entirely abandoned architecture and design and concentrated on watercolour painting He was interested in the relationships between man-made and naturally occurring landscapes and created a large portfolio of architecture and landscape watercolour paintings Many of his paintings depict Port Vendres a small port near the Spanish border and the landscapes of Roussillon The local Charles Rennie Mackintosh Trail details his time in Port Vendres and shows the paintings and their locationsThe Mackintosh Trail L'association Charles Rennie Mackintosh en Roussillon The couple remained in France for two years before being forced to return to London in 1927 due to illness