The Sea No.III

Joan Eardley (1921 - 1963)

Oil on hardboard

1963

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Australia
    City: Canberra
    Place: High Commission
  • About the artist
    Joan Eardley was born in Sussex but moved with her family to Glasgow in 1939. She studied briefly at Goldsmiths College in London (1938-1939), completing her studies at Glasgow School of Art (1940-1943). During 1948 and 1949 she visited Paris and Italy on a scholarship from the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1950 Eardley discovered the remote fishing village of Catterline, just south of Aberdeen in Scotland and began painting wild seascapes and cliff-top landscapes. For the rest of her life she divided her time between Catterline and Glasgow, where she painted the slums and tenements, as well as docksides and shipyards. Eardley was made an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 1955 and was elected a full Academician in 1963, Eardley died from cancer aged 42.
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    Places
    Subjects
    abstract, semi-figurative, seascape/coastal scene, sea, wave
    Materials & Techniques
    hardboard, oil, oil painting
  • Details
    Artist
    Joan Eardley (1921 - 1963)
    Title
    The Sea No.III
    Date
    1963
    Medium
    Oil on hardboard
    Dimensions
    height: 95.50 cm, width: 214.50 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Roland, Browse & Delbanco, July 1963
    Inscription
    bl: Eardley verso: Joan Eardley 1963
    GAC number
    6141