David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Artwork from the 1970s
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
S.W. Coast, Newfoundland
watercolour
signed, titled and dated 1972 lower right; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
19 x 24 in ( 48.3 x 61 cm ) ( sight )
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 Burgeo Whale: A Whale for the Killing
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1973 and inscribed “artist’s proof” in the lower margin
19.75 x 15.75 ins ( 50.2 x 40 cms ) ( plate )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $8,850.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Wedding on Bragg’s Island
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1973 and numbered 18/25 in the lower margin
19.5 x 31.5 ins ( 49.5 x 80 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Prince Andrew Under Construction
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1973 and numbered 16/25 in the lower margin
20 x 31.5 ins ( 50.8 x 80 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Wedding at Bragg’s Island
etching, aquatint in colours
signed, titled, dated 1973 and numbered Artist’s Proof in the lower margin
19.5 x 31.5 ins ( 49.5 x 80 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Northern Patrol
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1973 and numbered 17/50 in the lower margin
19.5 x 32 in ( 49.5 x 81.3 cm ) ( plate size )
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 )
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
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
Young Whale in Greenspond Tickle
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1974 and inscribed "artist's proof" in the lower margin
19.5 x 15.5 in ( 49.5 x 39.4 cm ) ( plate size )
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Two Scouts from the S.S. Eagle
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1975 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin
16.5 x 20.25 ins ( 41.9 x 51.4 cms ) ( sight )
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
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 )
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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
