Collection DC 102 - Alfredo Avella Collection

Abstract with brown circle Drawing of knot window Annotated sketch, possibly of Suggested Design B for Stairway Window, Mrs Muirhead Cartoon for Scottish Police Federation heraldic window Cartoon for lily window Cartoon of design for Stairway Window, Mrs Muirhead - top section Cartoon of design for Stairway Window, Mrs Muirhead - bottom section Portrait of a masked woman reclining Portrait of a woman with her arms folded Stations of the Cross painting (potentially IV or VI) Cartoon for square window with ovals and semicircles Cartoon for rectangular window with ovals and semicircles Cartoon for 'Homage to Braque' Cartoon for 'Homage to Braque' Stations of the Cross painting (potentially II) Stations of the Cross V painting Stations of the Cross IV painting Stations of the Cross painting (III, VII or IX) Stations of the Cross VIII painting Stations of the Cross painting (III, VII or IX) Stations of the Cross painting (potentially VI) Stations of the Cross painting (III, VII or IX) Stations of the Cross painting (potentially II or VIII) Jesus is Condemned to Death Teaching notes Photograph of Alfredo Avella in his studio Photographs of Bruce Hotel, East Kilbride Business letters

Key Information

Reference code

DC 102

Title

Alfredo Avella Collection

Date(s)

  • Late 20th century-early 21st century (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

259 items

Content and Structure

Scope and content

Documents and objects related to Alfredo Avella's teaching career at GSA and work as an artist. Includes sketches and finished artworks, correspondence, photographs, two- and three-dimensional designs, printed ephemera, etc.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Divided into six subfonds: designs and artwork; models; teaching materials; photographs; correspondence and associated papers.

General Information

Name of creator

(1924-1982)

Biographical history

Alfredo Avella, DA AMGP, was born in Cava de Tirreni in Italy in 1924. He studied part time under Hugh Adam Crawford at Glasgow School of Art, attending evening classes between 1946-1948 and the early 1950s. Avella was encouraged by John Duncan Ferguson and exhibited as an independent with the New Scottish Group at McLellan Galleries in 1956. Two early paintings from the period are on permanent view at The Ferguson Gallery in Perth. He studied Stained Glass at the Glasgow School of Art, graduating in 1965. He was made an associate of British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1966. He became a visiting member of staff at Glasgow School of Art in 1968 and was a full time lecturer in the Stained Glass and Murals department between 1969 and 1982.

Continuing to be a painter and stained glass artist in Scotland, Avella was awarded a Scottish Arts Council Visual Art residency in Amsterdam in 1980. He had many one man shows and group exhibitions in Scotland, including; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh and The Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh in 1980. He undertook many commissions in stained glass in Scotland including; Drumchapel St Andrews Church, Glasgow, McTaggart Memorial Westpark Church, Denny, Denny Civic Hall, Craiglockhart Parish Church, Edinburgh, St John the Baptist Church, Port Glasgow, St Mark’s Church, Oxgangs, Edinburgh, Joy of Life, Queen Margaret's College, Edinburgh College of Domestic Science, Musselburgh, Glasgow Police Federation in Woodside Place, Glasgow. Avella died in Glasgow in 1982.

Archival history

A maquette for stained glass from this collection is currently on display in The Glasgow School of Art's Reid Building. For access information please email archives@gsa.ac.uk.

Custodial history

Donated by Vianney Avella, 2017.

Physical Description and Conditions of Use

Conditions governing access

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Processing information

  • Catalogue exported from Archon and imported into AtoM during system migration, 2018-2019.
  • Catalogued by Eláir Ní Thuama, Work Placement Student and Volunteer, Jan-Sep 2024.

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