This is one of the largest Joan Eardley exhibitions ever held, and it is also the first major exhibition of her work in nearly twenty years.

Born in Sussex in 1921, Eardley moved to Glasgow in 1940, studying at Glasgow School of Art. Her paintings of children playing in rundown Glasgow tenements, and her landscapes painted in and around the fishing village of Catterline on the north-east coast of Scotland, are among the most celebrated works in Scottish art. Her career was cut tragically short in 1963, when she died of cancer at the age of 42.

This exhibition, which will be held in the grand and spacious rooms of the Royal Scottish Academy Building, covers every aspect of her career, from pastel sketches to huge oil paintings, from student work to the rugged, majestic seascapes of her later years.

If you are interested in the themes of social reform in Scotland, both the Joan Eardley exhibition and the Back To The Future: Basil Spence exhibition (on until 10th February 2008) are connected to our new Changing Lives eTour.

The Scottish Gallery is also showing a Joan Eardley exhibition. For further information visit the Scottish Gallery website.