David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Braggs Island
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1975 and inscribed “A.P.” in the lower margin
11 x 13.5 ins ( 27.9 x 34.3 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Ephraim Kelloway’s Door
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1981 and numbered 38/50 in the lower margin
31.5 x 19.75 ins ( 80 x 50.2 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Uncle Ned Hill: Home in Wesleyville
etching and aquatint
signed, titled, numbered 30/35 and dated 1976 in the lower margin; sold together with the publication, “The Art of David Blackwood” by William Gough (Toronto, 1988); signed and dated by the artist on the title page
10.75 x 13.75 ins ( 27.3 x 34.9 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Beach Object, Georgian Bay
ink on paper
signed, titled and dated 1964 lower right
29 x 23 ins ( 73.7 x 58.4 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Flora S. Nickerson Coming Home From The Labrador
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1979, editioned “A/P 7/10” and inscribed “Ed. 50” in the lower margin
10.75 x 13.75 ins ( 27.3 x 34.9 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
M.V. Trepassey
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated “May 1959” on the reverse; unframed
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Towards the Open
etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1965 and numbered 42/50 in the lower margin
11.75 x 14.75 ins ( 29.8 x 37.5 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Island Funeral, Newfoundland (#1 from Lost Party Series)
etching, aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1966 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
30 x 20 ins ( 76.2 x 50.8 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Uncle Ned Hill Home in Wesleyville
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1976 and numbered 13/35 in the lower margin
10.75 x 14 ins ( 27.3 x 35.6 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Young Whale in Greenspond Tickle
etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1974 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
19.75 x 15.75 ins ( 50.2 x 40 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Messenger
etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1965 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin; unframed
21.5 x 27 ins ( 54.6 x 68.6 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Fire Down on the Labrador Poster
reproduction print
unframed
36.25 x 20.25 ins ( 92.1 x 51.4 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
March: North Atlantic
etching, aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1971 and numbered 9/25 in the lower margin
18.75 x 19.75 ins ( 47.6 x 50.2 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
William Lane Leaving Bragg’s Island
etching, aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1971 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
15.75 x 19.75 ins ( 40 x 50.2 cms ) ( plate size )
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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
