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Elizabeth Blackadder

DBE, RA, RSA, RSW, RGI
1931-2021

Anemones, Irises and Tortoiseshell Cat, 1992

watercolour on paper
H:56cm W:47cm
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Prawns, 2011

watercolour and pencil on paper
H:23cm W:39.5cm
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Still Life with Chequered Box, 2023

handwoven tapestry, wool and cotton, woven by Emma Jo Webster and Elaine Wilson
H:107cm W:107cm
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Spring Flowers, 1983

watercolour on paper
H:57cm W:66cm
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Japanese Still Life, Silver and Gold, 1983

watercolour and gold leaf on Japanese paper
H:56cm W:56cm
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Lilies and Mixed Flowers, 2010

watercolour and pencil on paper
H:80.5cm W:59cm
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Bit of Lobster, 1980

oil on canvas
H:35.5cm W:35.5cm
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Still Life with Orchid, 1990

oil on canvas
H:101.5cm W:112cm
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Still Life with Pineapple, c.1963

oil on canvas
H:61cm W:92cm
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Elizabeth Blackadder

DBE, RA, RSA, RSW, RGI
Born: 1931
Place of Birth: Falkirk
Died: 2021

Elizabeth Blackadder was born in Falkirk in 1931. She studied at ECA from 1949 until 1954 under Robert Henderson Blyth and William Gillies inter alia and earned travelling scholarships to southern Europe and Italy. In 1956 she married artist and fellow Scottish Gallery exhibitor John Houston and began teaching in Edinburgh. She taught at Edinburgh College of Art from 1962 until her retirement in 1986. One of Scotland’s greatest artists, she also garners recognition and success in London. In 1972, Blackadder was elected member of the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh and in 1976 she gained entry at the Royal Academy, London – the first woman to be elected into both institutions. In 2001, Elizabeth was made the first female Artist Limner by HRH The Queen, a position within the Royal Household unique to Scotland. One decade later, in 2011 (the year she turned 80) a major retrospective of her work opened at the National Galleries of Scotland.

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