James Hardie
- Location: University of Stirling Archives and Special Collections
- Reference Number: AC/AF/H/3
- Date: 1977-2004
- Description: This folder contains information on James Hardie.
This folder contains exhibition leaflets, press cuttings, a biography, catalogues, correspondence, and a poster.
AC/AF/H/3/1 James Hardie exhibition flyer at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, 22 October - 5 November 1977
AC/AF/H/3/2 Correspondences: Selection of letters from James (Jim) Hardie to Mr and Mrs Oliver about their painting and exhibitions. In this bundle are:
A letter dated 01.08.1979 explaining their painting is one of a series relating to Hardie's experiences of flying a light aircraft at Plockton.
A letter on small blue note paper dated 19.01.1980 thanking Mr Mrs Oliver for their Christmas card, Hardie informs them their painting is framed and ready for collection.
A letter from James Hardie to Mr and Mrs Oliver on embellished paper dated 15 November 1981, Hardie asks if the paintings Mr and Mrs Oliver have in their posession can be shown at an exhibition.
Letter dated 19.01.1982 from Hardie to Mr and Mrs Oliver discussing the disruption of the opening of his exhibition due to bad weather and the return of the paintings on loan.
Letter dated 01.02.1988 from Hardie inviting Mr and Mrs Oliver to his The Brooklyn Connection exhibition.
A large letter on card paper dated 26.08.1993 from Hardie to Kew, it mentions Kew's wife Rowena in the letter inviting them to his next exhibition which involves inspiration from a Nord Noralpha 1948 aeroplane designed by Willy Messerschmidt.
AC/AF/H/3/3 A4 printed article by Clare Henry, review James Hardie: The Brooklyn Connection Exhibition at Compass Gallery Glasgow, magazine unknown.
AC/AF/H/3/4 A short biography of James Hardie printed from South Lanarkshire website dated 24.09.2004
AC/AF/H/3/5 Catalogue for 153rd Annual Exhibition at Royal Scottish Academy of painting, sculpture and architecture, 1979. Includes a season ticket No 726, valid from 21 July - 29 July 1979. James Hardie's works are nr 193 Windvane, 221 Windsock and Barrier, Plockton (circled with pen on page 18), 225 Windbreak at Plockton.
Pages 28-39 has the list of all exhibitors includes Elizabeth Blackadder (AC/AF/B/7) painting nrs 130, 131, 160, 182. She is listed as 1 of 2 female Academicians of the RSA, the other 28 are male. James Morrison, nrs 71, 125 and 211 (AC/AF/M/23). Alberto Morocco, nrs 66, 115, 135 (AC/AF/M/10) also Barbara Rae, 239 and 458 (AC/AF/R/1)
AC/AF/H/3/6 A collection of exhibition leaflets: Naked Pilot by James Hardie, a Collins Gallery touring exhibition 4 September - 9 October 1993 at the University of Strathclyde x2.
Leaflet x 2 of exhibition James Hardie 'Recent Paintings', The Scottish Gallery 18 January - 6 February 1982.
1 flyer, 1 leaflet and 1 poster of exhibition James Hardie, The Brooklyn Connection, Paintings from America and Scotland, Compass Gallery, Glasgow, 6 February - 3 March 1988. There is a typed note attached introducing the exhibition and stating James Hardie is an exchange tutor with Stephen Beale, Art Institute of Chicago
AC/AF/H/3/7 A letter from James Hardie to Valerie Fairweather, Curator, University of Stirling, dated 21 June 2001, returning two videos about J.D. Ferguson that he used for a student assessment after they attended a guided tour by Valerie at the art collection at the University of Stirling.
AC/AF/H/3/8 Invitation to a preview of James (Jim) Hardie's The Naked Pilot Exhibition, 3 September 1993 is added in pencil, until 9 October. - Level: File
- Extent: 7 items
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