Modern Masters XVI
Publication to accompany Modern Masters XVI exhibition, on display in The Gallery January 2024.
Artists featured:
Harry Jefferson Barnes | Reinhard Behrens | Elizabeth Blackadder | Robert Henderson Blyth | Gordon Bryce | Victoria Crowe | James Cumming | Pat Douthwaite | Joan Eardley | Ian Fleming | William Gillies | Carola Gordon | John Houston | Robert Scott Irvine | William Johnstone | Bet Low | Margaret McGavin | Ellen Malcolm | David Michie |James Morrison | Leon Morrocco | Lilian Neilson | Denis Peploe | S.J. Peploe |Robin Philipson | Carlo Rossi | Margaret Kemplay Snowdon | Ethel Walker | Carel Weight | Gordon Hope Wyllie
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.
A catalogue to accompany Elizabeth Blackadder’s Favourite Flowers exhibition. Favourite Flowers will be available to view at The Garden Museum in London between 19th October – 21st November 2021.
Elizabeth Blackadder is considered one of Scotland’s greatest artists, celebrated for her beguiling and lyrical paintings of flowers. A passionate plants woman, Blackadder’s garden in Edinburgh provided her with rich inspiration year round, from daffodils to autumn leaves, tulips, irises and lilies. Favourite Flowers pays tribute to one of the UK’s most loved artists.
Modern Masters Women
A catalogue to accompany Modern Masters Women, August 2020
We are taking this moment to reflect on one key area of our history and review one hundred and twenty-five years of exhibiting women artists. This continues the spirit of our Modern Masters series and allows us to celebrate the pioneering, persistent, creative women artists at the end of the 19th century, and all the curators, gallerists and individual talents who have contributed to the equality enjoyed today in the cultural realm.
Four Women Artists
Edinburgh College of Art unites these four women artists, Elizabeth Blackadder graduated from the college in 1954 and was a dedicated teacher from 1962-1986. Victoria Crowe graduated from the Royal College of Art, London before being invited to teach drawing and painting at the college from 1968 until 1998. Elizabeth Blackadder and Victoria Crowe have each made a significant contribution to art and art education and they continue to be leading lights in their field, not for being women but by having an extraordinary vision and dedication to their art. Alison McGill and Emily Sutton are part of a younger generation who continue to fulfil their journey through art, and in very different ways represent an ongoing painting and graphic tradition
