An artist, famed for work inspired by Aberdeenshire’s landscape, will be honoured with a series of events next year.
The Scottish Women and the Arts Research Network (SWARN) is to celebrate the life and work of the artist Joan Eardley.
Eardley, who died at the tragically young age of 42, was one of Scotland’s most remarkable talents of the post-war period.
Born in 1921, she worked full-time in her studio in the Townhead area of Glasgow and the Aberdeenshire village of Catterline.
A plaque in her name remains at the popular Creel Inn restaurant in the north-east village.
These two contrasting locations formed the subject of most of her paintings.
Aberdeen University, The Glasgow School of Art, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery and Glasgow Women’s Library have now come together to explore her career and legacy.
To celebrate 100 years since her birth, exhibitions and spotlight displays are being planned between May 2021 and May 2022
Anton Muscatelli, Principal of Glasgow University, said: “Joan Eardley’s gift was to bring seemingly everyday surroundings to life.
“Her seascapes at Catterline are amongst my favourite paintings and we’re very fortunate to have three in our university collection.”
“Joan Eardley understood the importance of place and the reality of human experience – impulses which resonate just as strongly today as they did a century ago.”
Further details of the SWARN celebration of Joan Eardley will be released in the coming months.
