David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Cape Freels
watercolour
signed and dated 1977 lower left
17.75 x 24.75 ins ( 45.1 x 62.9 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Captain Alb and Aunt Nance
graphite on paper
signed and dated 1982 (twice) lower right; tilted and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
32 x 20 ins ( 81.3 x 50.8 cms ) ( image )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Captain Alb and Aunt Nance
etching, aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1982 and numbered “22/50” in the lower margin; titled, dated and numbered to a gallery label on the reverse
31.5 x 19.5 ins ( 80 x 49.5 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Lost Party
etching, aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1972 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
10 x 7.75 ins ( 25.4 x 19.7 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Down on the Labrador, Towing the Nickerson
colour etching & aquatint
signed, titled, dated 2004 and numbered “25/75” in the lower margin
24 x 35.5 ins ( 61 x 90.2 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Beach Object
etching and aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1966 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin; unframed
15 x 20 ins ( 38.1 x 50.8 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Two Killicks on a Stage Head, Wesleyville
etching and aquatint in colours
signed, titled, numbered “45/50”, and dated 1985 in the lower margin; titled and numbered on the gallery label on the reverse
13.75 x 10.75 ins ( 34.9 x 27.3 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Exhibition Poster for “David Blackwood Prints 1980-1990”, Tokyo, 1997
colour offset lithograph
included with this lot is the exhibition catalogue signed by the artist and dated Tokyo, 1997
34.5 x 22 ins ( 87.6 x 55.9 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Study for Great Mummer
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 2000 and numbered “3/75” in the lower margin
13.75 x 10.75 ins ( 34.9 x 27.3 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Fallen Mummer on Brookfield Marsh
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1996 and numbered “34/75” in the lower margin
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
View of a Lake
oil on canvas board
signed and dated 1958 lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Ship at Sea
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Lake with Trees
oil on canvas board
signed and dated 1958 lower right
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Beaver Dam Pond, Georgian Bay
watercolour
signed and dated 1966 lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “Registered No. 188-67” on the reverse of the frame
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Dying Beach Object
brush and pen drawing
signed and dated 1966 lower right; signed, titled, dated 1966 and inscribed “Catalogue No. 150” on the reverse of the frame
18.25 x 24.5 ins ( 46.4 x 62.2 cms ) ( sight )
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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
