ELIZABETH BLACKADDER, DBE, RA, RSA, RSW, RGI

£7,500

15½" x 15½"

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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, DBE, RA, RSA, RSW, RGI studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 1954 and still lives and works in the city.

The award of several scholarships allowed her to travel Europe before lecturing in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1962 to 1986.

Blackadder’s first solo exhibition was held in 1959 and she has held solo exhibitions almost every year to date, both nationally and internationally. She also participates extensively in group exhibitions around the world.

Blackadder has received a number of awards and was elected Member of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1972, a Royal Academician in 1976 and a Member of The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1983. In 2001 she was appointed Her Majesty’s Painter and Limner in Scotland.