David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Uncle Sam Kelloway’s Place
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1999 and numbered 3/75 lower margin
15.75 x 19.75 ins ( 40 x 50.2 cms ) ( image )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
William Lane Leaving Bragg’s Island
colour etching and aquating
signed, titled, dated 1970 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof”
15.75 x 19.75 ins ( 40 x 50.2 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Captain Job Barbour Dreams
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1979 and numbered 37/50 in the lower margin; unframed
24.5 x 20.5 ins ( 62.2 x 52.1 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Nocturnal Isle
lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1994 and numbered 10/20 in the lower margin
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( subject )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Captain Jess Home from the Labrador
colour etching & aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1976 and numbered 30/35 in the lower margin; unframed
35 x 24.5 ins ( 88.9 x 62.2 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Wake of the Great Sealers
book
“Wake of the Great Sealers: Prints and Drawings by David Blackwood” (Farley Mowat, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1973) signed by David Blackwood and author on title page, includes engraving “Wesleyville” signed, titled dated 1973 and numbered 98/125 in the lower margin (11.5 ins x 9.5 ins bound); in original slipcase
12.25 x 10.75 x 1.25 ins ( 31.1 x 27.3 x 3.2 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Art of David Blackwood
book with etching
“The Art of David Blackwood” (William Gaugh, McGraw-Hill Ryerson,1988) signed by David Blackwood and author on title page; includes etching “Lewis Lacey’s Lantern” signed, titled, dated 1988 and numbered 79/150 in the lower margin (9.75 ins x 10.25 ins, unframed); in original slipcase
11.25 x 11 x 1.25 ins ( 28.6 x 27.9 x 3.2 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Gram Glover’s Dream
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1969 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
31.75 x 20 ins ( 80.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Edward and Molly
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1989 and numbered 10/75 in the lower margin
19.75 x 32 ins ( 50.2 x 81.3 cms ) ( subject )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Wake of the Great Sealers
book
“Wake of the Great Sealers: Prints and Drawings by David Blackwood” (Farley Mowat, McClelland and Stewart Limited, 1973) signed by David Blackwood and Farley Mowat and numbered 112/125 on the title page; includes engraving “Wesleyville” - signed, titled, dated 1973 and numbered 112/125 in the lower margin (11.5 ins x 9.5 ins bound inside volume); in original slipcase
12.25 x 10.75 x 1.25 ins ( 31.1 x 27.3 x 3.2 cms ) ( book )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Burning of William Fifield’s Forge
etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1974 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
20 x 31.5 ins ( 50.8 x 80 cms ) ( subject )
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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