Elizabeth Blackadder
DBE, RA, RSA, RSW, RGI Born: 1931Place of Birth: Falkirk
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. One of Scotland's greatest artists, she also garners recognition and success in London. Elizabeth is perhaps best known for her detailed yet lyrical watercolours of flowers, 'table-top' compositions using Oriental objects and her beloved cats. Trips to Japan and Venice and a greater emphasis on oil can be seen in landscape and townscape pieces as well as important still life series using decorated tins and boxes arranged with exotic fish, fruit and vegetables.
Elizabeth is also an inspired and skillful maker of original prints. We have oils, watercolours and original etchings in stock.
In 2001, she was appointed Her Majesty's Painter and Limner in Scotland.
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We exhibited work by Elizabeth Blackadder in September 2020. To view the exhibition, please click here.
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Flower Studies - Lilies, Pink Cistus, Vinca, Codonopsis, Acanthus and Kniphofia View details
Elizabeth Blackadder
Flower Studies - Lilies, Pink Cistus, Vinca, Codonopsis, Acanthus and Kniphofia
1990-91watercolourH:58cm W:77cm£17,500Orchids and Bananas View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Orchids and Bananas
1989watercolourH:102cm W:69cm£16,000Two Jugs of Flowers View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Two Jugs of Flowers
1965pencil, watercolour and gouacheH:56cm W:77.5cm£8,950Purple Table with Orange Dish View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Purple Table with Orange Dish
2013oil on canvasH:102cm W:111cmPrice on ApplicationTen Orchids View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Ten Orchids
1993watercolourH:47cm W:42.5cm£8,500Church in Brittany View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Church in Brittany
1963pencil, ink and washH:49.5cm W:68.5cm£8,750Still Life with Cherry Bark View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Still Life with Cherry Bark
1995oil on canvasH:152.5cm W:152.5cm£38,000Still Life with Pineapple View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Still Life with Pineapple
1973oil on canvasH:61cm W:92cm£19,500Still Life with Ribbons View details-
Primrose View details
Elizabeth Blackadder
Primrose
2001watercolourH:27cm W:27cmSoldIris II View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Iris II
1995watercolourH:28.5cm W:19.5cmSoldIris I View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Iris I
c.1995watercolourH:28.5cm W:19.5cmSoldOrchids View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Orchids
watercolourH:35.5cm W:26.5cmSoldStill Life with Indian Puppets View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Still Life with Indian Puppets
1984watercolour and gold leafH:60cm W:98cmSoldMediterranean Woman View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Mediterranean Woman
1961H:20.5cm W:25.5cmSoldStill Life with Kimono View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Still Life with Kimono
2010oil on canvasH:122cm W:91cmSoldTuscan Village, near Galluzzo View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Tuscan Village, near Galluzzo
1956oil on canvasH:35.5cm W:45.7cmSoldLilies and Mixed Flowers View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Lilies and Mixed Flowers
watercolourH:80cm W:59cmSoldBoats and Houses, Auray View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Boats and Houses, Auray
1962oil on canvasH:63cm W:75cmSoldCurled up Kikko View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Curled up Kikko
c.1990pastel and pencil on paperH:24cm W:27cmSoldMixed Flowers and Jug View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Mixed Flowers and Jug
2004watercolourH:57cm W:80cmSoldTwo Cats View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Two Cats
pencil and watercolourH:15cm W:13.5cmSoldKikko View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Kikko
1988pastelH:38cm W:38cmSoldNear Peebles View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Near Peebles
1973charcoal & ink washH:44cm W:68cmSoldAbyssinian Cat View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Abyssinian Cat
1973pastel and pencilH:32.5cm W:47cmSoldEasdale View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Easdale
1964ink and watercolourH:55cm W:74cmSoldItalian Church View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Italian Church
1956ink & watercolourH:57.5cm W:78cmSoldTortoiseshell Cat, Lilies and Iris View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Tortoiseshell Cat, Lilies and Iris
1984watercolourH:28cm W:38cmSoldLandscape with Screen View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Landscape with Screen
c.1970watercolour on paperH:15.5cm W:12cmSoldSoutra View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Soutra
1971oil on canvasH:65cm W:70cmSoldWhite Still Life View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
White Still Life
1967oil on canvasH:102cm W:152cmSoldStill Life with Fan and Bird Ornaments View detailsElizabeth Blackadder
Still Life with Fan and Bird Ornaments
1986watercolourH:44cm W:113cmSoldA Fife Farm near Burntisland View detailsLoading
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