I am looking forward to giving the free on-line talk ‘Collecting Joan Eardley‘ for the Hunterian Art Gallery on 11 March 2022.

Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow (c) The Estate of Joan Eardley
Joan Eardley Centenary
Joan Eardley (1921-63) is one of Britain’s leading twentieth-century artists. Born in Sussex in 1921, she trained at Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield College of Art, Arbroath. The centenary of her birth was celebrated last year with a plethora of displays, talks and a major publication. These activities were supported by SWARN, the Scottish Women and the Arts Research Network, of which I am a member.

Hunterian Art Gallery, University of Glasgow; (c) The Estate of Joan Eardley
Celebrating Joan Eardley
My talk accompanies the second instalment of the display ‘Celebrating Joan Eardley‘, which runs at the Hunterian until 8 May 2022. This focuses on the artist’s paintings in Glasgow University’s collection, which include the double-sided Glasgow Close / A Cottage by the Sea and The Cornfield, both above. I will discuss the life-time and posthumous collecting of Eardley’s work by public collections throughout the UK, from the Highlands to Hampshire. For further information and to book a free ticket please follow this link.
A related post about collecting Joan Eardley can be found here, this one sheds light on SWARN and its activities and I list events in which I am involved on this page.