Design for a Glasgow School of Art Club 'Programme'
- MC/A/19
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- 1893
Featuring two seated, semi-clothed female figures integrated amongst swirling plant forms.
Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald
Design for a Glasgow School of Art Club 'Programme'
Featuring two seated, semi-clothed female figures integrated amongst swirling plant forms.
Mackintosh, Margaret Macdonald
At Christmastime there is no class distinction
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Featuring green and dark red devil and angel.
Severin, Mark
The Severin Family 1958 toast and wish trust to all their friends
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Dog and flask of wine.
Severin, Mark
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Christmas card with three wise men. Message inside.
Bliss, Rosalind
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Three wise men offering gifts to Jesus and Mary.
Bliss, Rosalind
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Wood engraving by Rosalind Bliss of a King seated on a throne holding a pillar and a guitar. Message inside.
Bliss, Rosalind
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Wood engraving depicting Mary and Jesus, after Sano di Pietro. Message inside.
Bliss, Rosalind
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Wood engraving by Rosalind Bliss depicting a nativity scene. Message inside.
Bliss, Rosalind
The Flemings Ship Christmas Greetings from Crail
Part of Papers of Conrad McKenna, student and staff member at The Glasgow School of Art, Scotland
Christmas greetings card with print of three kings travelling towards a star on a ship as the ship's captain looks on. Featuring message inside.
Fleming, John B
Poster for a retirement party for David Donaldson
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a retirement party arranged in honour of David A. Donaldson. Donaldson grew up in Coatbridge near Glasgow. He received a place at The Glasgow School Of Art at the age of fifteen despite having no formal qualifications and went on to become the head of drawing and painting in 1967. He was recognised for his portraiture, notably his portrait of Queen Elizabeth the Second in 1967. Donaldson remained at The Glasgow School Of Art until his retirement in 1981. The retirement party was held in The Glasgow Art Club on Bath Street in Glasgow on the 24th of June 1981. The poster was printed by Bob Stewart who was head of design at The Glasgow School Of Art at this time.
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 lecture by Richard Smith
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a lecture by Richard Smith which was held in the Haldane Building at The Glasgow School Of Art. The poster was designed and printed by Jimmy Cosgrove who worked as a senior lecturer in the textiles department at this time.
Cosgrove, James
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 Lily Greenham
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a lecture given by Lily Greenham who was known for her concrete and sound poetry. The lecture was held in the Haldane Building at The Glasgow School Of Art.
Cosgrove, James
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 the Master of Design degree show
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised the work of graduating students from the Master of Design course which was part of The Glasgow School Of Art graduate degree show in 1983. The exhibition was held in the Mackintosh Building on The Glasgow School Of Art campus from the 10th to the 16th of December. The style of this poster is similar to that of a poster for the Master of Design fashion show which was designed by illustrator Ingeborg Smith and can be found under the reference number GSA/EPH/10/13.
Smith, Ingeborg
Poster for a lecture by Herman Hertzberger
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a lecture given by the German architect Herman Hertzberger. Hertzberger is widely considered to be one of the influences behind the Dutch Structuralist movement of the mid 20th century. The lecture was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on The Glasgow School Of Art campus on the 20th of February 1975.
Stewart, Robert
Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth
Newspaper cutting: Mac-chic is the art of creative fashion
News cutting from Illustrators Group
Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth
News cutting.
Part of Textiles and papers of Fraser Taylor, GSA student and designer with The Cloth
Poster for a retrospective exhibition of work by Hannah Frew Paterson
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster promoted an exhibition held in the Newbery Gallery on The Glasgow School of Art's campus from the 12th April to the 4th May 1990. The exhibition showcased the embroidery work of Hannah Frew Paterson who taught embroidery at GSA. The exhibition was funded by the Ian MacTaggart Trust, Glasgow District Council Festivals Budget and Anchor Dairy.
Murray, Jimmy
Design for Conversazione Programme
Designed for the Glasgow Architectural Association.
Mackintosh, Charles Rennie
Glasgow Institute of Architects dance programme
Roman-themed design, listing 26 types of dance.
Ferguson, Hugh C S
Poster for Jessie M King exhibition, London
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for 'A Scottish Arts Council Exhibition of the work of Jessie M King 1875-1949', at The Fine Art Society Limited, London 13 Dec 1971-14 Jan 1972
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Poster for 'Fall Scenes' exhibition
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for The Glasgow Masters Series exhibition with contributions from GSA Archives, at 134 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, 05 Oct 2013-13 Oct 2013
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Poster for screening of 'Daisies' - a film by Vera Chitilova
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for screening of 'Daisies', a film by Vera Chytilova at the Bourdon Lecture Theatre. Date of screening was 29 Oct, year unknown but believed to be late 20th century. Note that 'Chytilova' is spelt 'Chitilova' on the poster.
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Poster for Royal Ballet Season Theatre Royal
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for Royal Ballet Season Theatre Royal, part of International Fair Glasgow, Jun 1959
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Poster for Charles Rennie Mackintosh Exhibition, Japan
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for Charles Rennie Mackintosh Exhibition at Hida Takayama Museum of Art, Japan, 1998.
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Poster for Charles Rennie Mackintosh in association with Japanese Department Store
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This sky blue poster features a Charles Rennie Mackintosh chair and a distinctly dressed female wearing make-up and a blonde wig. Mackintosh's work was heavily influenced by Japanese design and culture. This poster advertises an association with Mackintosh's work and the Japanese Department store chain Daimaru.
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Poster showing stylised map of Glasgow
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster of a stylised map of Glasgow, with prominent buildings highlighted. The edge of the map is decorated with crests, images of landmarks and images of people in period dress.
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Poster for 'Jack Knox Paintings and Drawings, 1960-1983' exhibition
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for 'Jack Knox Paintings and Drawings, 1960-1983' at the Third Eye Centre, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, 26 Nov 1983-18 Dec 1983
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Poster for 'Design Workshop in Scotland', The Glasgow School of Art and Tyler School of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for 'Design Workshop in Scotland', The Glasgow School of Art and Tyler School of Art, 02 Jul 1994-30 Jul 1994
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Poster for GSA Fine Art Degree Show
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for GSA Fine Art Degree Show, 17 Jun 1989-22 Jun 1989
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Poster for a film screening of 'You, the Living'
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 Aaron McLaughlin has designed a poster for the Roy Andresson film 'You, the Living'. McLaughlin used Typeset printing techniques to create this poster.
McLaughlin, Aaron
New Year greeting card with skull emblem and spade motifs on a geometric background design with plastic enamel additions.
Mitchell, Charles
Poster for a debate entitled 'Art School Creates No Prospects'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a debate which dealt with the positive and negative aspects of studying at The Glasgow School Of Art which was held in the Mackintosh Lecture Theatre on the 8th of December 1976. Speaking for the school in the debate included Roger Hoare, Mike Roschlau, Tom Lyden and Vladimir Soukoup. Speaking against were Dugald Cameron, Julian Gibb, Colin McNaught and Jim Cathcart. Harry J. Barnes was the chairperson. The poster states: "The Motion: This house believes that this art school creates no prospects, no jobs, no firm conclusions, no hopes, few aspirations, little money, nothing but nostalgia..." The poster was printed by Bob Stewart who was a senior lecturer in design at The Glasgow School Of Art at this time.
Stewart, Robert
Poster for exhibition 'Unique and Original', Glasgow
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for exhibition 'Unique and Original', Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow, 11 Nov-04 Dec. The year is not given on the poster but the exhibition was held in 1985. Artists whose work was exhibited are John Bellany, Elizabeth Blackadder, Steven Campbell, Roberto Gonzalez Fernandez, Ronald Forbes, Alasdair Gray, Lys Hansen, Alison Harley, John Houston, Peter Howson, Bet Low, Bruce McLean, Jack Miller, Barbara Rae, Philip Reeves, Adrain Wiszniewski, Peter Wilson and George Wyllie.
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Poster for The Glasgow School of Art Christmas Fayre
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a Christmas fayre held in The Glasgow School Of Art's Assembly Hall from the 10th to the 11th of December 1990. A number of activities were organised including a 'deluxe' prize raffle, hair cutting, a Santa's grotto and various games. Tea, coffee and baking were also available.
Patrick, Adele
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster was used to advertise The Glasgow School Of Art's annual activities week. A number of events were organised including: films, lectures, poetry, jazz folk, drama, contests, disco, a bar in the Haldane building, dance art, a drag talent show and a snooker competition. Activities week ran annually from the 1970s until the mid 1980s. During this week, classes stopped and various events were organised instead. The poster is annotated on the reverse with "J.Cosgrove".
Cosgrove, James
Poster for a retirement party for Robert Begg
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a staff party to mark the retirement of Robert Begg from his post as Chairman of Governors at The Glasgow School Of Art. The event took place on the 7th of May 1979. The poster features a caricature of Robert Begg by Dan Ferguson who produced many caricatures of staff at The Glasgow School Of Art in the 1970s. Ferguson appears to have signed the front of the poster.
Ferguson, Danny
Poster for a talk by Lily Greenham
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised a lecture given by Lily Greenham who was known for her concrete and sound poetry. The lecture was held in the Haldane Building at The Glasgow School Of Art.
Cosgrove, James
Poster for a performance of 'Le Dieu Nusku' and 'Narcissius'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised two dramatic performances of 'Le Dieu Nusku' and 'Narcissius' which were produced by Miss Dorothy Carleton Smyth and performed by students at The Glasgow School Of Art. The performances were in aid of raising funds for a war memorial to honour students and staff who served or were killed in action in World War One. The memorial was eventually commisioned in 1925 and was designed by former student Dorothy Doddrell. The image on the poster is a stone lithograph drawing by Maurice Greiffenhagen who was a tutor at The Glasgow School Of Art from 1906 until 1926. The reverse of the poster is annotated with the words "See Box".
Greiffenhagen, Maurice
Poster for The Glasgow School Of Art degree show
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
This poster advertised The Glasgow School Of Art's annual degree show in 1984. The exhibition showcased work by graduating students in drawing and painting, photography, printmaking, murals, stained glass and sculpture. The degree show was held in the Mackintosh Building at The Glasgow School Of Art and ran from the 15th to the 21st of June. The photograph used on the poster shows exhibiting students sitting on the steps of the Mackintosh Building and was taken by Vaughan Judge who previously worked as a lecturer at the school. The poster was designed at The Glasgow School Of Art and printed by David J Clark Limited.
Judge, Vaughan
Poster for a film screening of 'The Colour of Pomegranates'
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 Jess Copsey has designed a poster for the Sergei Parajanov film 'The Colour of Pomegranates'. The poster has been created using screen printing techniques.
Copsey, Jess
Broadsheet Poster of The Hill House, Helensburgh
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Broadsheet poster on Scottish Architecture featuring Mackintosh's Hill House, Helensburgh.
Mackintosh School of Architecture
Poster for a film screening of 'Bronco Bull Frog'
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 Janine Shaw has designed a poster for the Barney Platts-Mills film 'Bronco Bull Frog'. To create the poster Shaw has used collagraph printmaking techniques.
Shaw, Jamie
Poster for exhibition 'Cyril Gerber A Personal Choice' at The Glasgow School of Art
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for exhibition 'Cyril Gerber A Personal Choice' at The Glasgow School of Art, 22 Apr 1986-02 May 1986. The exhibition was held to mark Cyril Gerber's 70th birthday and featured works of his choosing.
Sources: https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-cyril-gerber-obe-gallery-owner-whose-contribution-visual-art-scotland-was-unique-and-enduring-1609486; https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11943618.a-celebration-of-the-good-points-of-the-compass/
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Poster for 'Glasgow Cultural Capital of Europe 1990'
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for 'Glasgow Cultural Capital of Europe 1990'. Artwork featured is 'Capital', annotated with the artist's name, and includes Glasgow landmarks.
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Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for lecture 'Artificial Horizon and Eccentric Ladders' by Eduardo Paolozzi at the Glasgow Film Theatre, 27 Apr 1995. Paolozzi published a book of the same title the following year.
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Poster for exhibition 'Work, Music, People', Glasgow
Part of Records of The Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, Scotland
Poster for exhibition 'Work, Music, People', Glasgow Print Studio Gallery, Glasgow, 30 Apr-26 May. The year is not given on the poster but is 1984. The exhibition was held as part of Mayfest. The exhibition featured the work of Simon Burder, Mary Louise Coulouris and Dominic Snyder.
Source: https://gsaarchives.net/collections/index.php/dc-030-1-4
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