Artist: Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016) Title: Washing Line (2007) Signature: signed 'BLACKSHAW' top right Medium: oil and mixed media on card Size: 42 x 35½cm (16.5 x 14in) Framed Size: 69.2 x 63cm (27.2 x 24.8in) Provenance: Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} A work that captures perfectly the pleasure Basil Blackshaw took in painting, Washing Line shows how the artist could take even the humblest subject-matter, and translate it into a joyful celebration of light, animation and colour. The brushwork is lively, and the background almost entirely non-figu... Read more Basil Blackshaw Lot 45 - 'Washing Line (2007)' Estimate: €4,000 - €6,000 A work that captures perfectly the pleasure Basil Blackshaw took in painting, Washing Line shows how the artist could take even the humblest subject-matter, and translate it into a joyful celebration of light, animation and colour. The brushwork is lively, and the background almost entirely non-figurative-although perhaps Blackshaw wanted to evoke a sudden downpour of rain--but the painting still retains a strong sense of the everyday world, with various articles of clothing pegged to the clothesline, forming a gentle arc across the upper part of the painting. Born in 1932 in Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Basil Blackshaw attended 'Methody', the Methodist College in Belfast. He then enrolled, aged fifteen, at the Belfast College of Art, where T. P. Flanagan was a fellow-student. Among Blackshaw's tutors was Romeo Toogood, a member of the progressive Ulster Unit. Although Blackshaw admired, and emulated, the work of Franz Marc and Oskar Kokoschka he was inspired also by the more academic paintings of Alfred Munnings. A scholarship in 1951 enabled him to travel to London and Paris, and on returning to Northern Ireland he quickly established himself, with the Ulster Museum organizing a solo show in 1954, and acquiring his painting The Field (1953). Married for a time to the Australian abstract painter Anna Ritchie-they had one child, Anya-Blackshaw continued to develop his career, exhibiting at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and with the Hendriks Gallery in Dublin. He took a break for several years, but in the early 1970's resumed painting, and in 1974 a retrospective of his work was held at the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast. He was included in the Rosc exhibitions of 1971, 1980 and 1988. From 1986 to 1990 Blackshaw designed posters for the Field Day Theatre Company in Derry. A second retrospective was held at the Ormeau Baths Gallery in 1995, and at the RHA Gallery in 1997. In 2012 an exhibition to celebrate Blackshaw's eightieth year was held at the F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio. Peter Murray, March 2023
Artist: Basil Blackshaw HRHA RUA (1932-2016) Title: Washing Line (2007) Signature: signed 'BLACKSHAW' top right Medium: oil and mixed media on card Size: 42 x 35½cm (16.5 x 14in) Framed Size: 69.2 x 63cm (27.2 x 24.8in) Provenance: Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin (label verso); Private Collection a#morebtn { color: #de1d01; } a#morebtn:hover { cursor: pointer;} A work that captures perfectly the pleasure Basil Blackshaw took in painting, Washing Line shows how the artist could take even the humblest subject-matter, and translate it into a joyful celebration of light, animation and colour. The brushwork is lively, and the background almost entirely non-figu... Read more Basil Blackshaw Lot 45 - 'Washing Line (2007)' Estimate: €4,000 - €6,000 A work that captures perfectly the pleasure Basil Blackshaw took in painting, Washing Line shows how the artist could take even the humblest subject-matter, and translate it into a joyful celebration of light, animation and colour. The brushwork is lively, and the background almost entirely non-figurative-although perhaps Blackshaw wanted to evoke a sudden downpour of rain--but the painting still retains a strong sense of the everyday world, with various articles of clothing pegged to the clothesline, forming a gentle arc across the upper part of the painting. Born in 1932 in Glengormley, Co. Antrim, Basil Blackshaw attended 'Methody', the Methodist College in Belfast. He then enrolled, aged fifteen, at the Belfast College of Art, where T. P. Flanagan was a fellow-student. Among Blackshaw's tutors was Romeo Toogood, a member of the progressive Ulster Unit. Although Blackshaw admired, and emulated, the work of Franz Marc and Oskar Kokoschka he was inspired also by the more academic paintings of Alfred Munnings. A scholarship in 1951 enabled him to travel to London and Paris, and on returning to Northern Ireland he quickly established himself, with the Ulster Museum organizing a solo show in 1954, and acquiring his painting The Field (1953). Married for a time to the Australian abstract painter Anna Ritchie-they had one child, Anya-Blackshaw continued to develop his career, exhibiting at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art and with the Hendriks Gallery in Dublin. He took a break for several years, but in the early 1970's resumed painting, and in 1974 a retrospective of his work was held at the Arts Council Gallery in Belfast. He was included in the Rosc exhibitions of 1971, 1980 and 1988. From 1986 to 1990 Blackshaw designed posters for the Field Day Theatre Company in Derry. A second retrospective was held at the Ormeau Baths Gallery in 1995, and at the RHA Gallery in 1997. In 2012 an exhibition to celebrate Blackshaw's eightieth year was held at the F.E. McWilliam Gallery and Studio. Peter Murray, March 2023
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