David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
September 3rd: Uncle Dan Sturge, Home from the Labrador
etching; aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1975 and numbered “artist’s proof 10/10 Ed. 50” in the lower margin;
19.75 x 31.75 ins ( 50.2 x 80.6 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Peonies & Mysotosis
monotype on rice paper
signed and dated 1991 lower left; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
22 x 26 ins ( 55.9 x 66 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
M&R, International Code Series
monotype
signed and dated 2004 lower right
22.5 x 16.5 ins ( 57.2 x 41.9 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
M&R, from the International Code Series
monotype
signed and dated 2004 upper right
17.5 x 14.25 ins ( 44.5 x 36.2 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Untitled, International Code Series
monotype
signed and dated 1999 lower right
32 x 26 ins ( 81.3 x 66 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
March Kite
etching, aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1986 and numbered “18/50” in the lower margin
20 x 37 ins ( 50.8 x 94 cms ) ( plate )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Departure
etching, aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1965 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
19.5 x 7 ins ( 49.5 x 17.8 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Abandoned Root Cellar, Cape Freel Nfld.
watercolour
signed and dated 1974 lower right, titled lower left; dated to a gallery label on the reverse
17.5 x 24 ins ( 44.5 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Burning of William Fifield’s Forge
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1974 and numbered “16/25” in the lower margin
20 x 31.5 ins ( 50.8 x 80 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Greenspond Tickle
gouache
signed and dated 1972 lower right, titled lower left
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Great Lost Party Adrift
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1971 and numbered “1/25” in the lower margin; unframed; Condition noted: Small scratches are present to the surface in specific areas.
23 x 35 ins ( 58.4 x 88.9 cms )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Flora S. Nickerson Coming Home from the Labrador
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1979 and numbered “AP 3/10 Ed. 50” in the lower margin
11 x 13.5 ins ( 27.9 x 34.3 cms ) ( image )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Home in Safe Harbour
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1981 and numbered “25/50” in the lower margin
16.75 x 20.5 ins ( 42.5 x 52.1 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Flora Nickerson Outward Bound for the Labrador
etching and aquatint with watercolour
signed, titled, dated 2005 and numbered “Artist Proof 15/15” in the lower margin
6.75 x 12 in ( 17.1 x 30.5 cm ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,000.00
Sale date: April 23rd 2024
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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
