Elizabeth Blackadder Early Works Show Opens
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- Elizabeth Blackadder – the exhibition showcases her early 1950s Italian gouache and watercolour landscapes, created after she won a travelling scholarship and painted in postwar Italy.
- Elizabeth Blackadder – the show includes her 1960s‑70s still‑life oil paintings, featuring recurring objects like a coffee pot, reflecting a move toward minimalist, pared‑back compositions.
- Jenna Burlingham – the director of the Jenna Burlingham Gallery says the exhibition, running 4 June‑4 July in Kingsclere, Hampshire, highlights a little‑known phase of Blackadder’s career and offers the works for sale with free admission.
- Anna Brady – the art writer and editor notes that Blackadder’s Tuscan landscapes convey the bitter winter chill of postwar Italy, making the scenes feel “inky” and almost abstract.
- Elizabeth Blackadder – she was the first woman elected to both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Academy of Arts.
Why it matters: The Jenna Burlingham Gallery gains free foot traffic and sales revenue, while collectors gain access to Blackadder’s previously unseen early works, expanding the market for her early period.
