Glasgow School of Art: Archives & Collections

Records of the Glasgow School of Art Graduates Association, Glasgow, Scotland

DC 005
Collection
1966-1969

Minutes and correspondence of SAGA, 1966-1969
Cash book, 1968-1969
Receipts and cheques, 1969
Catalogue of the 1st Annual Exhibition, c1966

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Glasgow School of Art Graduates Association

Drawing of a city from above

DC 097/1/13
Item
c1920s-1930s

Part of Papers of the Shepherd and Biggar families

Drawing of a city from above with a figured monument in the centre and two individuals sitting below it. Includes churches and various houses surrounding the monument with hills in the background. "148" in the top left corner.

Biggar, Helen Manson

Poster for an exhibition of work by fine art postgraduates

GSAA/EPH/10/81
Item
[Jun 1985]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

This poster advertised an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students in 1985. The exhibition was held in the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School Of Art and included work by students studying drawing and painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and stained glass. The exhibition ran from the 14th to the 20th of June and the image on the poster shows exhibiting students. The photograph was taken by H. Kerr and was printed at David J. Clark Limited. The reverse of the poster is annotated with "Photo by Harry Kerr, Graphics".

Kerr, Harry

Cabbages in an Orchard

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

From The Magazine, April 1894. The long text by Mackintosh which accompanies this watercolour in The Magazine (reproduced in full in Billcliffe's catalogue) suggests that he had already encountered public hostility to his work, possibly even from fellow students, on the grounds of incomprehensibility.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Winter

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Bound in volume, The Magazine, Spring 1896. One of three watercolours depicting the seasons drawn for The Magazine.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Slate Roofs

MC/G/20
Item
1924-1927

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Le Fort Mailly

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Wall hanging designed for The Dug-Out, Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow

Part of Mackintosh Art, Design and Architecture Collection

This item was lost in the fire in The Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School of Art on 23rd May 2014. The canvas relates to smaller watercolours in the Hunterian collection, formerly thought to be textile designs, and to their painted canvas, 'The Little Hills' by Margaret Macdonald. It is likely that they were intended for 'The Dug-Out', though it is not known whether they were ever installed there. Jessie Newbery recalled in 1933, that 'He (Mackintosh) and his wife spent the winter of 1914 painting two large decorations for Miss Cranston'. This would have been in Suffolk, after they had left Glasgow. Although The Dug-Out was not created till 1917-18 it is not unlikely that Miss Cranston was considering the project some years earlier. The canvas was found in the GSA in a single roll in 1981 and was cleaned and mounted on two stretchers.

Mackintosh, Charles Rennie

Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art degree show

GSAA/EPH/10/194
Item
[Jun 2003]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

This poster advertised The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show. The exhibition was held on The Glasgow School Of Art campus as well as in the Centre for Contemporary Arts and Tramway which are local arts centres. The 2003 degree show was sponsored by McGrigor Donald, Hoegaarden Beer, the MacFarlane Group and the Gordon Yuill Company. The image used in the poster is by Raul Ortega and the poster was designed by Inlapland.

*Not available / given

Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art Master of Fine Art exhibition

GSAA/EPH/10/201
Item
[Apr 1986]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

This poster advertised the Master of Fine Art exhibition of 1986. The exhibition was held in the McLellan Galleries on Sauchiehall Street from the 14th to the 19th of June and included work by a number of artists including Rosemary Beaton, Steven Elliott, Deran Fenwick, Gerard Ferris, Thomas Hegarty, Henry Kerr, Lorraine A. Lamond, Richard Levan, Tracy Mackenna, Craig Peacock and David Watt.

*Not available / given

Poster for a lecture entitled 'The Art of Julia Margaret Cameron: 1815 - 1879'

GSAA/EPH/10/40
Item
[Apr 1985]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

This poster promotes a lecture by Dr Mike Weaver who was a reader in American literature from the University of Oxford. The event was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre at The Glasgow School Of Art on the 1st May 1985. The poster shows an image by Julia Margaret Cameron entitled "The Kiss of Peace 1869".

*Not available / given

Lino print of a man's face

Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth

Lino print of a man's face, with sun and bird.

Taylor, Fraser

Sculpture Drawing (Version 1)

Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth

Photograph of Sydney d'Horne Shepherd

DC 097/2/1
Item
c1920s-1960s

Part of Papers of the Shepherd and Biggar families

Black and white portrait photograph. Believed to be Sydney d'Horne Shepherd, wearing a white dress shirt, light coloured tie, and darker coloured suit jacket. A stamp reads "Howard Coster, / Photographer of Men, / 9, Sackville St., Piccadilly, W.1. / Regent 4561.", with an "A" drawn in pencil below it verso.

Coster, Howard

Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art fine art degree show

GSAA/EPH/10/202
Item
[Jun 1990]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

This poster advertised the work of graduating students from the fine art department who were exhibiting as part of The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show in 1990. The exhibition included work by students studying environmental art, painting, photography, printmaking and scupture. The poster features a photograph taken by Andrew Stark which shows the exhibitors sitting on the steps of the Mackintosh Building. Martin Boyce winner of the Turner Prize in 2011 can be seen sitting in the front row fifth from the left. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and printed by David J Clark Limited. Students in the photograph include: - Martin Boyce - Alan Bullas - Alison Chisholm - Michelle Davies - Alex Dempster - Laura Donnelly - Barry Fielder - Alan Frame - Jim Hamlen - Moray Hillary - Richard Leroyd - Christina McBride - Jackie Munro-McGoldrick - Calum Angus McKay - Gregory Patterson - Alan Pike - Leslie Pontin - Mark Sadler - Ross Sinclair - Andrew Sneddon This list was compiled with the help of Eddie Stewart who tutors in the school's painting and printmaking department. Stewart previously studied fine art at The Glasgow School Of Art at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and is pictured in the degree show posters from 1988 and 1990. A key naming each student can be found alongside this poster.

David J Clark Ltd

Poster for an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students

GSAA/EPH/10/207
Item
[May 1987]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

This poster is one of an edition of 100 posters advertising an exhibition which showcased the work of graduating postgraduate fine art students from The Glasgow School Of Art in 1987. The exhibition was held in the Mackintosh Building from the 13th to the 18th of June. Exhibitors included: - Carolyn Angus - Jean Baird - Stephen Beddoe - Di Blenkinsop - Stephen Conroy - Ashley Cook - Lorraine Cotterell - Peter Quinn - Fiona Robertson - Anne Russell - Andrew J Scott - Lucinda Wilkinson - Lorraine R. Turley Ashley Cook designed and printed the poster. Fiona Robertson went on to work as head of the fourth year painting and printmaking course at The Glasgow School Of Art.

Cook, Ashley

Poster for an exhibition of work by postgraduate fine art students

GSAA/EPH/10/184
Item
[Jun 1989]

Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland

This poster advertised an exhibition which showcased the work of graduating postgraduate fine art students from 1989. Exhibitors included: Suzanne Applefold, Reuben Kench, Raymond Lee, John Shankie and Zandra Thomson. The exhibition was held in The Glasgow School Of Art's Mackintosh Building from the 17th to the 22nd of June 1989. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and features a photograph which was taken by David Kenmillshank.

David J Clark Ltd

Sketchbook

DC 110/2/1/p5
Part
[1914-1915]

Part of Mary Ramsay artworks

A sketchbook of notes and artworks by Mary Ramsay produced during her first year at The Glasgow School of Art, around 1914-1915. This item consists of portraits and life drawings, children's illustrations, lettering, costume designs, studies of ceramic samples, floral patterns, a list of reference books about art and design, and a Little Willie rhyme. Most artworks are in pencil, while some are in ink or paint on paper. Some illustrations have been pasted in from other sources. A number of loose ephemera items are also included in the sketchbook, including postage stamps and a newspaper advert for paint tubes.

Ramsay, Mary

Abstract collage design

Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth

Abstract figurative mono-print in black ink on white card. Shapes rendered in pastel colours using gouache. Similar design to DC 089/1/2/4/1.

Some of this material was damaged in the fire in GSA's Mackintosh Building on 23rd May 2014. Paper conservation took place in 2018. Textile conservation was completed in 2019.

Taylor, Fraser