Joan Eardley Children and Chalked Wall 3 1962 - 1963 © Estate of Joan Eardley. All Rights Reserved. DACS, London 2023

Biography

Born 1921
Died 1963
Nationalities English
Scottish
Birth place Warnham, West Sussex
Death place Glasgow

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 to Townhead, where the local street children were her preferred subjects. She bought a cottage in the small fishing village of Catterline, south of Aberdeen, in 1954. There, her favourite subjects were the village and sea, particularly in stormy weather. Eardley died of cancer in August 1963. Her ashes were scattered on the beach at Catterline.

Glossary terms

Glossary terms

Collage

An image constructed from found materials, such as photographs, paper or fabric, glued to a surface, sometimes with additional painted or drawn elements. It is an art form particularly associated with Dada and Surrealism.

Exhibitions

Ended
Joan Eardley & Catterline
  • Ended Sun 21 Aug 2022
Modern
Ended
Joan Eardley | A Sense of Place
  • Ended Sun 21 May 2017
Modern