Dame Elizabeth Blackadder OBE RA RSA RSW RGI (1931-2021)
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We are very saddened to hear about the passing of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder OBE RA RSA RSW RGI on the 23rd August 2021.
Elizabeth Blackadder studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art from 1949 to 1954. In 1954 she was awarded a Carnegie Travelling Scholarship by the Royal Scottish Academy, which took her to southern Europe. Blackadder also received an Andrew Grant Post-Graduate Scholarship. In 1955 she was awarded another Travelling Scholarship and spent nine months in Italy. In 1956 Blackadder married the painter, John Houston and lectured in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1962 to 1986.
Over her career, Blackadder has received a number of awards including the Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy (1962) and the Pimms Award for Work on Paper (Royal Academy, 1983). In 1972 she was elected a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy and a Royal Academician in 1976. She became a Professional Member of The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1983.
She was an Honorary Member of the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She also received Honorary Doctorates from four Scottish universities and she was appointed Her Majesty’s Painter and Limner in Scotland in 2001.
Coco Sleeping, etching, 50 x 54 cm, 2003
Three Cats, Black and White Abyssinian and Tortoiseshell, Pastel, 18 x 22 inch, 1992
Dame Elizabeth Blackadder OBE RA RSA RSW RGI (1931-2021)
We are very saddened to hear about the passing of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder OBE RA RSA RSW RGI on the 23rd August 2021.
Elizabeth Blackadder studied at Edinburgh University and Edinburgh College of Art from 1949 to 1954. In 1954 she was awarded a Carnegie Travelling Scholarship by the Royal Scottish Academy, which took her to southern Europe. Blackadder also received an Andrew Grant Post-Graduate Scholarship. In 1955 she was awarded another Travelling Scholarship and spent nine months in Italy. In 1956 Blackadder married the painter, John Houston and lectured in Drawing and Painting at Edinburgh College of Art from 1962 to 1986.
Over her career, Blackadder has received a number of awards including the Guthrie Award, Royal Scottish Academy (1962) and the Pimms Award for Work on Paper (Royal Academy, 1983). In 1972 she was elected a Member of the Royal Scottish Academy and a Royal Academician in 1976. She became a Professional Member of The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts in 1983.
She was an Honorary Member of the Royal West of England Academy, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, and an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Society of Edinburgh. She also received Honorary Doctorates from four Scottish universities and she was appointed Her Majesty’s Painter and Limner in Scotland in 2001.