David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Gram Glover’s Dream
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1969 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
34 x 22.25 ins ( 86.4 x 56.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $4,720.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Black Rock Light
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 2002 and numbered 23/75 in the lower margin
6.75 x 11.75 ins ( 17.1 x 29.8 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $3,304.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Sealer’s Dream II
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1972 and numbered 2/25 in the lower margin
10 x 7.75 ins ( 25.4 x 19.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,760.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Folded Studies
etching and aquatint with hand-colouring
signed, titled, dated 1993 and inscribed “H.C.” in lower margin
14 x 34 ins ( 35.6 x 86.4 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Passing Shadow
etching and aquatint with hand-colouring
signed, titled, dated 1990 and inscribed “H.C.” and “Many thanks Ken. Oct 6, 1990. David B.” in the lower margin
31.75 x 19.75 ins ( 80.6 x 50.2 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
William Lane Leaving Bragg’s Island
etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1971 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in lower margin
15.75 x 19.75 ins ( 40 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,200.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Uncle Cluny’s Kite over Wesleyville
etching and aquatint, printed in colours
signed, titled, dated 1989 and numbered 26/75 in the margin
15 x 35.25 ins ( 38.1 x 89.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $4,200.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Griffith Oakley’s Light
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1991 and numbered 72/75 in the margin
7.75 x 10 ins ( 19.7 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,400.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Poster for Erindale
etching and aquatint
signed, titled and dated 1992 in the margin
29.5 x 19 ins ( 74.9 x 48.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Sealer’s Dream II
etching and aquatint, printed in colours
signed, titled, dated 1972 and numbered 4/25 in the margin
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Mummer Family
etching and aquatint, printed in colours
signed, titled, dated 1971 and numbered 15/25 in the margin
10 x 5.75 ins ( 25.4 x 14.6 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Study for Gertin Hann
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1987 and numbered 28/50
4.25 x 6 ins ( 10.8 x 15.2 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Exhibition Poster
poster
signed, dated 1982 and inscribed “To Howard, Best Wishes”
36 x 20 ins ( 91.4 x 50.8 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Captain Alb and Aunt Nance
etching and aquatint, printed in colours
signed, titled, dated 1982 and numbered 44/50 in the lower margin
31.75 x 19.75 ins ( 80.6 x 50.2 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Departure
etching and aquatint, printed in colours
signed, titled, dated 1965 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
7 x 19.75 ins ( 17.8 x 50.2 cms )
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David Blackwood Biography
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Born in Wesleyville, Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, one of the major sealing towns of that province, he is a descendant of a long line of master mariners. Blackwood was awarded a Government of Newfoundland Centennial scholarship to study at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto under Carl Schaefer, John Alfsen, H.W.G. MacDonald and Frederick Hagan. He went on to become Art Master at Trinity College School in Port Hope, Ontario. In 1969, Blackwood became the first artist-in-residence at Erindale College, University of Toronto, Mississauga.
David Blackwood uses his background on the East coast of Canada to create grande visual narratives reflecting both the landscape and culture of the province with an emphasis on combining the history, legends, and myths of settlement and developing culture of Newfoundland. He is best-known for his colour etchings with aquatint. His work was used to provide illustrations for Farley Mowat’s “Wake of the Great Sealers”, a collection of stories about the heroic Newfoundlanders who braved the icy seas of the treacherous North Atlantic in search of seals. Driven by hard times at home it was the only hope many of the men had of making money to feed their families. Men perished when their ships went down during wintry gales. Blackwood, a native of a sealing town himself, and a descendent of fishing skippers and sealing captains, provides Mowat’s stirring text with equally stirring and poetic figurative drawings and prints.
Blackwood was awarded the Order of Canada in 1993 in recognition of his work contributing to and preserving the cultural life and heritage of Canada through his artwork. At the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Blackwood Research Centre within the Morin Gelber Print and Drawing Centre was created after a major acquisition of the artists works in 2000. The museum also elected Blackwood as its honourary Chairman in 2003, the first practicing artist to hold this position. In the same year, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.
As one of Canada's most celebrated print-makers, David Blackwood's works are part of significant Canadian and international private and corporate collections including The Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada.
Sources: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume I: A-F", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1977
