Joan Eardley RSA 1921-1964
Overview
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley, born in Brighton of Anglo-Scottish parents, first studied at Goldsmith's in London and then Glasgow School of Art. After returning from a travelling scholarship in France and Italy she established herself in Townhead, Glasgow; a very depressed part of the city and an unusual choice for a lone woman. During this time she visited Catterline on the east coast of Scotland, and lived there in 1956 but continued to keep her studio in Glasgow.
Studies of children painted during the Townhead period usually depict her neighbours, the Samson children and Andrew Samson, the subject of this painting, remembers being given comics by the artist and posing for many hours in her studio.
Exhibitions
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Intimate
A Portrait 25 Jul - 31 Aug 2019 EdinburghClose and personal portraiture: painting, sculpture and photography by living and twentieth century artists whose sitters are closest to them or whose inner workings engage them, sometimes the artist themselves....Read more -
Fleming At Fifty
Radicals, Pioneers and Rebels 15 Aug - 3 Sep 2018 EdinburghIn partnership with The Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation, the exhibition showcased historic nineteenth and early twentieth Scottish paintings in modern and timely contexts, focusing on pioneering female artists, migration and refugee...Read more -
Muse
26 May - 17 Jun 2017 EdinburghA small exhibition, Muse, drew together a select group of works that reflect the source of artistic inspiration be it an individual, a character from literature or a group. Central...Read more
