Collection includes artworks and sketchbooks made by Jimmy Cosgrove as a student at the Glasgow School of Art; while working as a Tutor and the Director of the Glasgow School of Art; and afterwards, including work relating to the House for an Art Lover, and documenting travels across Europe, North America, and Mexico.
Stencilled poster on fabric advertising events for Activities Week including a lecture by Jonathan Hodgson (animator); Jazz music; Film called 'Jazz in the Thirties'; the Frank Patrini Quartet; and cabaret by Three of a Different Kind.
Screen-printed poster on fabric with a portrait of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, his signature and the text/quote '"There is hope in honest error. None in the icy perfections of the mere stylist" Chas. R Mackintosh. Glasgow 1901'
Screen-printed poster on fabric with an advert for a lecture by Gerry Taylor headlined 'Memphis, Milano'. Text reads 'Gerry Taylor, GSA 1978, currently with Scottsass Associati and Memphis. Milan. Mackintosh Lecture Theatre Monday 16th May 2.15pm'.
Screen-printed poster on fabric with an advert for a lecture by Michael Vickers headlined 'Carry on caryatids'. Text reads 'First floor lecture theatre. Friday 2.30pm Bourdon Building'.
Hand-painted design for screen-printed headsquare. Bordered, it depicts two figures with two comets. Pink, orange and grey on a cream background. Unrelated screen printed design on reverse.
Screen-printed poster on fabric advertising a fashion show, with the text 'Design a set for fashion show. (Mac. Lec.) Prize £15. Designs for 14 Feb Textiles.'
Screen-printed poster on fabric with four Alsatian dogs and the text ' Circus. Act 9. The curtains open to reveal the painted backdrop of the interior of a church. At the front of the stage, facing the auditorium and illuminated from below by the footlights, is an Alsatian dog that snarls, growls and barks incessantly for five minutes, then the curtains close'.
Sketchbooks from James Cosgrove's time as a student at the Glasgow School of Art, as a member of staff of the Glasgow School of Art, and as a Director of the House for an Art Lover. Also includes travel journals and sketchbooks documenting trips to Mexico, the United States of America, the Highlands of Scotland, London, Paris and Amsterdam.
Contains sketches, notes and stories, including writing on airports. Some pages headed 'Las Fallas, Valencia, March 2005' and 'Route 66'. Includes sketches for a landscape series.
Illustrations, sketches, collage, including some loose drawings stored in the back pocket. Includes landscapes, seascapes, and portraits, and some writing about the weather.
Further title, 'Odds and Ends'. Sketches, printed and annotated poems, and stories. Designs of Landscape Brooches. Notes at the back of sketchbook regarding the history of the House for an Art Lover.
Includes drawings and landscape paintings and sketches, notes and designs of the playground, Grounds for Play, and the Art Park centre for Art and Heritage at House for an Art Lover, Bellahouston Park, Glasgow. Also includes a series of 14 photographic reproductions of acrylic paintings of landscapes.
Sketchbook labelled 'James Cosgrove' on inside of front cover. Variety of coloured and monochrome designs and illustrations. Several loose works including one Christmas card design.
Sketches of landscapes, figures and still lives. Some portraits and representations of astrological symbols. Includes design for and exhibition of the Estate House Buildings of Govan, possibly to be shown at the Centre for Art and Heritage at the HOuse for an Art Lover.
Sketchbook including abstract designs, paintings and drawings, including some landscapes and portraits, designs for Christmas card. Loose inserts including life drawings.
Sketchbook including illustrations of landscapes and abstract landscapes, mostly from Morvich and Rothesay. Including printouts from jimmycosgrove.files.wordpress.com from 2016.
Sketchbook, drawings of figures, some loose inserts. Inside of front cover states "Jimmy Cosgrove Glasgow School of Art 1983". Inside of back cover states "Jimmy Cosgrove Rome Notebook 1982".
Various chair designs. Inserted newspaper article "Art students show the fun side of degree courses", Clare Henry, Glasgow Herald Tuesday 14th June 1983. Including photograph of Paul Cosgrove.
Inscribed 'Jimmy Cosgrove Amsterdam, April 1988. Ken Mitchell, Tom Chambers'. Also entitled "A book of dreams" on the first page. Sketches of abstract figures and animals. Some mythological and biblical references.
Inscribed 'Dave Cohen - Lys Hansen/ Pete Bevan/JC'. Sketches, mostly portraits, and notes regarding exhibition. Also a design for fish plates, and biblical references.