This October, The Scottish Gallery and The Garden Museum, London celebrate Dame Elizabeth Blackadder (1931 – 2021). Favourite Flowers was scheduled for February this year and now marks the first Memorial exhibition to celebrate her life and art.

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.

This exhibition took place at The Garden Museum in London. Click here for more information.

Elizabeth Blackadder

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.

To view prints by Elizabeth Blackadder please click here

Favourite Flowers

Elizabeth Blackadder

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