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Exploring the development of Elizabeth Blackadder's art in all its richness, this revised edition of Duncan Macmillan's 1999 book expands the account of an important artist and her significant body of work. With her oeuvre ranging through still life, landscapes and flower painting, Elizabeth Blackadder (1931-2021) was one of the best known and respected artists in the British painting tradition. The first woman to be elected to both the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy, she exhibited widely from the 1960s and her work has been reproduced extensively. Updated to include new imagery, Duncan Macmillan's expert text is essential reading for Blackadder's legion of fans.
List of contents
1 Elizabeth Blackadder; 2 Childhood and Student Years; 3 Early Travels in Europe; 4 Early Printmaking; 5 Paintings of the 1950s and 1960s; 6 A Wider Public; 7 Paintings of the 1970s; 8 Flowers, Gardens and Cats; 9 Landscape and the Figure; 10 Japanese Paper: a new departure; 11 Journeys to Japan; 12 Printmaking in Glasgow; 13 Portraits; 14 Grids: Depths, Surface and Reflections; 15 A Return to Oil Painting; 16 Public Recognition in the Later Years; 17 2008; Reputation and Artistic Standing; List of Plates; Chronology; Selected Bibliography; Solo Exhibitions; Selected Group Exhibitions; Works in Public Collections; Photographic credits
About the author
Duncan Macmillan is Professor Emeritus of the History of Scottish Art at the University of Edinburgh, art critic for
The Scotsman and author of numerous books including widely acclaimed
Scottish Art: 1460-2000 (2000) and
Scotland's Shrine: The Scottish National War Memorial (2014).
Summary
Exploring the development of Elizabeth Blackadder’s art in all its richness, this revised edition of Duncan Macmillan's 1999 book expands the account of an important artist and her significant body of work.
With her oeuvre ranging through still life, landscapes and flower painting, Elizabeth Blackadder (1931-2021) was one of the best known and respected artists in the British painting tradition. The first woman to be elected to both the Royal Academy and the Royal Scottish Academy, she exhibited widely from the 1960s and her work has been reproduced extensively.
Updated to include new imagery, Duncan Macmillan's expert text is essential reading for Blackadder's legion of fans.
