David Lloyd Blackwood
(1941 - 2022) OSA, RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Art of David Blackwood
book with etching
“The Art of David Blackwood” (William Gaugh, McGraw-Hill Ryerson,1988) signed by David Blackwood and author on title page; includes etching “Lewis Lacey’s Lantern” signed, titled, dated 1988 and numbered 79/150 in the lower margin (9.75 ins x 10.25 ins, unframed); in original slipcase
11.25 x 11 x 1.25 ins ( 28.6 x 27.9 x 3.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $4,956.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Spring
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1965 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof” in the lower margin; signed and titled on the reverse of the framing
19.75 x 22.75 ins ( 50.2 x 57.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $4,956.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
March: Wesleyville from Bennett’s High Island
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1976 and numbered 22/35 in the lower margin
19.75 x 31.75 ins ( 50.2 x 80.6 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $4,956.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Boat Passing, Wesleyville
watercolour
signed and dated 1980 lower right
18.5 x 25.25 ins ( 47 x 64.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,720.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
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 )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $4,680.00
Sale date: March 26th 2024
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
William Lane Leaving Bragg’s Island
colour etching and aquating
signed, titled, dated 1970 and inscribed “Artist’s Proof”
15.75 x 19.75 ins ( 40 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: September 21st 2016
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Captain Job Barbour Dreams
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1979 and numbered 37/50 in the lower margin; unframed
24.5 x 20.5 ins ( 62.2 x 52.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $4,370.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Beautiful Young Mummer in Margaret Fleetham’s House
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1985 and numbered 41/50 in the lower margin
19.75 x 15.75 ins ( 50.2 x 40 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $4,484.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
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 )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,500.00
Sale date: April 18th 2023
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
Great Lost Party Adrift
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1971 and numbered 22/25 in the lower margin
20 x 31.75 ins ( 50.8 x 80.6 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $4,366.00
Sale date: June 2nd 2020
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
The Flora Nickerson in the Labrador Sea
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 1982 and numbered 1/50 in the lower margin
16 x 22.75 ins ( 40.6 x 57.8 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $4,248.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
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 )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $4,320.00
Sale date: June 24th 2021
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 )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $4,320.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024
DAVID LLOYD BLACKWOOD
March: Glover's Place on Bragg's Island
colour etching and aquatint
signed, titled, dated 2007 and numbered “15/50” in the lower margin; unframed
15 x 36 ins ( 38.1 x 91.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,200.00
Sale date: September 12th 2023
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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 Sealersâ€, 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