| Named_Collection | Joan Eardley |
| Title | Joan Eardley |
| Level | Collection |
| Artist | Eardley; Joan (1921 - 1963) |
| Date | 1939 - 1963 |
| Ref_No | GMA A09 |
| Description | Sketchbooks, drawings, photographs, correspondence and printed ephemera. The archive is divided into four sections:
/1. Presented by Mrs. Patricia Black, the artist's sister, 1987.
/2. Presented by William Buchanan, 1992.
/3. Bequeathed by The Rev. Francis Stephens ARCA, 2002.
/4. Misc. accessions presented by Margot Sandeman, November 1988; Mrs Pam Galpin, 1990.
/5. Material deposited by Christopher Andreae, 2013 |
| Extent | 2.0 linear metres |
| Repository | Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art Archive |
| Admin_History | Eardley was born in Sussex. Her family moved to Glasgow at the outbreak of war. She studied at Glasgow College of Art and, briefly, at Hospitalfield House under James Cowie. In 1949, following a scholarship year spent mainly in Italy, she rented a studio in the centre of Glasgow. A few years later she moved to Townhead, where the local street children were her preferred subjects. Eardley first visited the fishing village of Catterline, on the east coast, south of Aberdeen, in 1950 and bought a small cottage there in 1954. From then on she spent most of her time in Catterline. There her favourite subjects were the village and sea, particularly in stormy weather. Eardley died of cancer in August 1963. Her ashes were scattered on the beach at Catterline. |
| Custodial_History | /1. Presented by Mrs. Patricia Black, the artist's sister, 1987.
/2. Presented by William Buchanan, 1992.
/3. Bequeathed by The Rev. Francis Stephens ARCA, 2002.
/4. Misc. accessions presented by Margot Sandeman, November 1988; Mrs Pam Galpin, 1990.
/5. Presented by Christopher Andreae, 2013. |