168 Renfrew Street (site of GSA extension building)
- NMC/0328A
- Item
- c1930
View of north side of Renfrew Street, depicting tenement block prior to new GSA extension building.
Coia, Jack Antonio
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168 Renfrew Street (site of GSA extension building)
View of north side of Renfrew Street, depicting tenement block prior to new GSA extension building.
Coia, Jack Antonio
An illustrated talk on architecture and cartoons. Louis Hellman
Part of Papers of James Cosgrove
Poster depicting a surreal tower surrounded by flying pigs. States "Mackintosh Lecture Theatre Monday 21 2.30pm".
Cosgrove, James
A folder of drawings of perspectives and details of the Mackintosh Building signed by R G Smart
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Part of Papers of James Cosgrove
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.
Cosgrove, James
Coat of Arms for the stairwell at Glasgow School of Art
This item was severely damaged in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 15th June 2018. Some fragments have been salvaged. The bell survives as it was not in the building at the time of the fire.
The symbols which form the Glasgow coat of arms all refer to miracles performed by St. Mungo, the patron saint of the city who is normally represented with these emblems on the coat of arms. They first appeared on the seals of bishops of Glasgow, the fish on the seal of William Wishart in 1270, the bird on the seal of Robert Wishart in 1271. They were used together for the first time on the seal of the Chapter of Glasgow in 1488. The salmon with the ring in its mouth refers to the story of the local Queen who gave her ring to a knight she was in love with, the jealous King stole the ring from the knight while he was asleep and then demanded it back from the Queen, having thrown it into the Clyde. In desperation she prayed to St. Mungo who told his followers to cast their fishing nets in the river and bring him the first fish that they caught, a salmon with the Queen's ring in its mouth. The tree represents the green hazel twig which Mungo restored to life after his companions had killed it. The bell represents the service bell used in Mungo's church and still in Glasgow until c1700. Mackintosh's tree is highly abstract in its Art Nouveau 'whiplash' spirals untypical of his work. The bird is a modern replacement of the stolen original.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Part of Papers of James Cosgrove
Glasgow School of art Third Year Printed Textiles sketchbook labelled 'Botanic Gardens 1969'. Abstract designs.
Cosgrove, James
Montage of costume designs for the Masque of the City Arms.
Smyth, Dorothy Carleton
Entrance to Glasgow School of Art
Study of entrance doorway, Director's balcony and windows.
Kerr, Robert
First year students on Renfrew Street
Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth
Verso: GSA 1977/8 Photograph by Gerry Kelly, 1st Year. Fraser Taylor, Morag Ross, Robert McCann, Lis Martin. Black and white photograph, landscape.
Taylor, Fraser
Glasgow School of Art from Muirhead Moffat's Shop
View of the Mackintosh building (south-west facade), seen from Sauchiehall Street. Cinema in foreground.
Scott, Isobel Maclagan
Glasgow School of Art, North Elevation
Part of 'Round and About'.
Trotter, Robert
Glasgow School of Art, North Elevation, Glasgow
Part of 'At Work'.
Trotter, Robert
Glasgow School of Art, West Elevation
Part of 'The City As Setting'.
Trotter, Robert
Glasgow School of Art, West Elevation
Part of 'Round and About'.
Trotter, Robert
GSA Extension Building (168 Renfrew Street)
New GSA extension building, viewed from top of Scott Street. Used by GSA as illustration in 1930s prospectuses.
Coia, Jack Antonio
High School for Girls, Garnet Street, Glasgow
View of building from Cancer Hospital, Hill Street.
Kerr, Robert
High School for Girls, Garnet Street, Glasgow
Unfinished study of west view.
Kerr, Robert
Identification key for poster reference GSAA/EPH/10/204
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This item is an identification key showing each student depicted in the photograph on the poster under the reference number GSAA/EPH/10/204. It was created by Katie Hawson who was a volunteer at The Glasgow School Of Art Archives and Collections in 2013. Eddie Stewart, a former painting and printmaking tutor at the school helped Katie to identify each individual.
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This sketchbook consists of 81 pages of sketches made by Charles Rennie Mackintosh during his trip to Italy in 1891 funded by his Greek Thomson travelling scholarship prize money. The subjects he sketched are mainly architectural, with the one he felt to be most impressive being labelled 'A Caution'. Each sketch is labelled with the name of the city or town in which it was sketched. In 1890 Mackintosh won the Alexander 'Greek' Thomson Travelling Scholarship with a design for a public hall, which enabled him to take an extensive tour abroad from February to July 1891. He left Glasgow for London on 21 March 1891, sailing from Tilbury on the Thames on 27 March and arriving in Naples on 5 April. He then visited Palermo in Sicily, Rome, Orvieto, Siena, Florence, Pisa, Pistoia, Bologna, Ravenna, Ferrara, Venice, Padua, and Vicenza, arriving in Verona on 10 June 1891. The Sketchbook contains drawings from the later part of Mackintosh's tour, from 10th June, with sketches, mostly of architectural and sculptural details, beginning with Verona. It covers Verona (11-14 June); Mantua (14 June); Cremona (14-15 June); Brescia (16 June); Bergamo (17 June); Lecco (18 June); Cadenabbia and Lake Como (19-25 June); Como (26-27 June); Milan (28 June-6 July); Pavia (7 July-?); Certosa di Pavia (probably several days around 12 July); Paris and Chateau d'Ecouen (late July?); Antwerp (late July? - briefly visited on his return journey). It also contains several pages of designs for the Glasgow Art Club (1892-3) and the Glasgow Herald Building (1893-5). The drawings themselves are almost all pencil sketches, some of which are now quite faint.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Original mount with captions.
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Perspective drawing of Glasgow School of Art from the north-west
View of the Glasgow School of Art, showing Hengler's circus, prior to the construction of the second half of the building.
McGibbon, Alexander
Part of Papers of Dorothy Doddrell
Photograph showing the illuminated heading of the First World War Roll of Honours of The Glasgow School of Art. Annotations on the reverse attribute the calligraphy to Dorothy Doddrell.
Located inside folder: Item DC 094/1/3/10 - Folder of calligraphic life studies
Located inside folder DC 094 ...
Doddrell, Dorothy Maria F
Part of Papers of Dorothy Doddrell
Photograph showing the illuminated heading of the First World War Roll of Honours of The Glasgow School of Art. Annotations on the reverse attribute the calligraphy to Dorothy Doddrell.
Doddrell, Dorothy Maria F
This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. Portrait of architect-lecturer Hugh Ferguson against a backdrop of the Glasgow School of Art.
Laurie, John
Poster advertising courses available at The Glasgow School Of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster was used to advertise courses available at The Glasgow School Of Art. The poster invites potential applicants to write to the school's academic registrar.
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Poster advertising The Glasgow School of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised The Glasgow School of Art with contact details provided.
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Poster advertising The Glasgow School Of Art Honours degree courses
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised the undergraduate BA Honours degree courses offered by The Glasgow School of Art. The poster states that those interested should write to The Glasgow School Of Art registrar for more information.
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Poster advertising the Interior Design course at The Glasgow School of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised the Interior Design course offered at The Glasgow School Of Art. The poster details the structure of the course and the vocational opportunities that could be gained with a degree in Interior Design. The poster also stipulates the entry requirements for the course. These were a minimum of 5 SCE passes or 3 at Higher grade, or 5 GCE passes, 2 at A level. It was mandatory that two of the subjects passed were Art and English.
Campbell, Alison
Poster advertising the MA Design course at The Glasgow School Of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised the masters course in design offered by The Glasgow School of Art in the mid 1980s. The poster details the objectives and benefits of studying for a postgraduate qualification at The Glasgow School Of Art, including the multidisciplinary opportunities available, the different course options, the Mackintosh legacy and the Glasgow style. The design of the poster suggests it could also have been used as a promotional leaflet. This particular copy has an Irn Bru sticker attached to it that dates back to the 1980s.
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Poster advertising the 'New Master Of Design Course'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster promoted the new one year long Master of Design course offered at The Glasgow School Of Art. The course offered a variety of creative disciplines including ceramics, embroidered textiles, graphic design with illustration and photography, interior design, printed and knitted textiles, product design and silversmithing and jewellery. It ran from January to December and was split into four terms of study with each student's programme tailored to their statement of intent.
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Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a ceilidh that was held in the Haldane Hall on the 19th of February 1972 as part of The Glasgow School Of Art's activities week. Activities week was an annual programme of talks, film screenings and social events that ran from 1971 to 1985. Playing at the ceilidh were a number of notable Scottish folk musicians including Cliff Hanley, Billy Connolly, Robin Hall, Jimmy McGregor and Charlie Williamson. An image of this poster can be found in the 1973 Glasgow School Of Art prospectus on page 21.
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Poster for a Christmas dance entitled 'Meet the Mob'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a Christmas dance arranged by the drawing and painting department, the title of which was "Meet the Mob". Tickets were priced at £3.50 and the evening included a big band and a buffet.
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Poster for a concert by 'The Dunstable Consort'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a performance of medieval music in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre. According to Jimmy Cosgrove, the previous deputy director of The Glasgow School Of Art, the poster features images of a textiles student's work from this period.
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Poster for a concert entitled 'Academus Ensemble'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a concert of medieval music which was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on Thursday the 22nd of February 1973 featuring Neil Morrison on lute and guitar. Morrison taught at The Glasgow School Of Art from 1970 to 1972 and made his own instruments. He played a number of concerts around Glasgow at this time, including one at The Third Eye Centre in April 1987.
Mitchell, Charles
Poster for a farewell dinner for Kath Whyte
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a farewell dinner held for the retirement of Kath Whyte. Whyte taught in The Glasgow School of Art's textile department from 1949 to 1974 and was highly regarded for her work in embroidery and weave.The event took place in the Newbery Tower on the 12th of June 1974. The poster was designed and printed by Robert Stewart who produced a number of the posters in The Glasgow School Of Art's poster collection. Stewart was acting Head Of Design in 1974.
Stewart, Robert
Poster for a farewell dinner for Lennox Paterson
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a retirement dinner for Lennox Paterson. Paterson worked at The Glasgow School Of Art between 1964 and 1979, occupying various roles including Head of Design and Deputy Head of the school. He was highly regarded for his wood engravings of animals and the poster features elements of this style. The event was held in the Bourdon Hall at The Glasgow School Of Art on the 20th of December 1979. The poster was designed and printed by Bob Stewart who was a senior lecturer in printed textiles at this time.
Stewart, Robert
Poster for a farewell dinner for Lennox Patterson
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a farewell dinner for staff member Lennox Patterson. Patterson is known for his illustrative work done in linocut and scraperboard and was a student at The Glasgow School Of Art before becoming a lecturer in graphic design as well as Deputy Director of the school. The dinner was held in the Bourdon Hall in the Bourdon building on the 20th of December 1979.
Stewart, Robert
Poster for a fashion show at The Glasgow School Of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised The Glasgow School Of Art's 1974 fashion show which was held in the Mackintosh Building between the 18th and the 22nd of March.
Stewart, Robert
Poster for a film competition at The Glasgow School Of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a competition at The Glasgow School Of Art. Entries of feature films, documentaries and animation work were encouraged.
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Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised screenings of the films 'Midnight Cowboy' and 'The Connection' which took place in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre within The Glasgow School Of Art from the 12th of April to the 4th May 1990. Tickets for the event were priced at 30p per screening or £1 for five screenings.
Webster, Chris
Poster for a film screening of 'Billy Liar'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster is part of a course project organised by the Visual Communications department. The brief for the project required students to design a poster for a particular film they had been assigned. In this example, student Emily Harding has designed a poster for the John Schlesinger film 'Billy Liar'. Harding has created the poster using screen printing techniques.
Harding, Emily
Poster for a film screening of 'Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a screening of Sam Peckinpah's 1974 film 'Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia'. The screening was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on The Glasgow School Of Art campus with tickets priced at 30 pence. Also showing that night was Kevin Brownlow and Andrew Mollo's 1934 film 'It Happened Here'. The reverse of the poster is annotated with "Colin Carruthers Graphics '79". There is another poster advertising this event in The Glasgow School Of Art poster collection under the reference number GSAA/EPH/10/83.
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Poster for a film screening of 'Century of the Self: Happiness Machines'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster is part of a course project organised by the Visual Communications department. The brief for the project required students to design a poster for a particular film they had been assigned. In this example, student Grace Gallacher has designed a poster for the Adam Curtis documentary 'Century of the Self: Happiness Machines'. The poster has been created using screen printing techniques.
Gallacher, Grace
Poster for a film screening of 'Dynamite Chicken'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a screening of Ernest Pintoff''s film Dynamite Chicken at The Glasgow School Of Art. The event was organised by The Glasgow School Of Art Film Society who organised many film screenings around this time period in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre. Tickets for this event cost 30 pence. The reverse of the poster is annotated with "Chris Webster Graphics '78".
Webster, Chris
Poster for a film screening of 'Fury' at The Glasgow School Of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a screening of Fritz Lang's 'Fury' which was organised by The Glasgow School Of Art Film Society and held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre. The poster was designed by Dennis Crossan who went on to work as a cinematographer.
Crossan, Denis
Poster for a film screening of 'Mechanical Ballet'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a slide film and sound show of Bruce Lacey's Mechanical Ballet. Lacey is an eccentric character known for working with sculpture, sound and performance and has been featured in a number of British films including the Beatles' film 'Help'. The screening was held in The Haldane Building on the 15th of April 1971. Lacey screened a number of stills from his ICA exhibition during this event.
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Poster for a film screening of 'The Passion of Joan of Arc'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster is part of a course project organised by the Visual Communications department. The brief for the project required students to design a poster for a particular film they had been assigned. In this example, student Robert Heatherington has designed a poster for the Carl Dreygar film 'The Passion of Joan of Arc'. Heatherington has created the poster using screen print techniques.
Heatherington, Robert
Poster for a George Melly concert
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a concert by the eccentric jazz musician George Melly which was held in the Bourdon Assembly Hall on Tuesday the 3rd of March 1981. Another poster advertising a George Melly concert at The Glasgow School Of Art in 1992 can be found under the reference number GSAA/EPH/10/30.
Stewart, Robert
Poster for a lecture by Andy Park entitled 'The Language of Pop Music'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a lecture by Andy Park about the language of pop music. Park was head of entertainments for Radio Clyde and was also involved in John Byrne's television series 'Tutti Frutti'. The event was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on Monday the 18th of February 1991.
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