About this artwork
Eardley loved to work in the open air and to get to know one particular spot through the seasons. Speaking about the small Scottish coastal village of Catterline in a 1961 interview she said: ‘When I’m painting in the north-east I hardly ever move out of the village, I hardly ever move from one spot; I find that the more I know of a place, or of one particular spot, the more I find to paint in that particular spot. I do feel the more you know of something, the more you can get out of it, the more it gives to you.’
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title:Autumn Flowers and Seed-heads
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date created:Unknown
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materials:Pastel and oil on three sheets of paper
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measurements:25.00 x 22.60 cm (irregular)
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credit line:Presented by the artist's sister, Mrs P.M. Black, 1987
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accession number:GMA 3267
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Joan Eardley
Joan Eardley
Born in West Sussex, Eardley moved to Glasgow at the outbreak of war. She studied at Glasgow School of Art and at Hospitalfield House under James Cowie. Cowie helped to shape her preference for everyday subjects. In 1949 Eardley rented a studio in the centre of Glasgow, and a few years later moved...