David Lloyd Blackwood

Place: Wesleyville (Now New-Wes-Valley)

Born: 1941

Death: 2022

Biography:

David Lloyd Blackwood CM OOnt RCA (November 7, 1941 – July 2, 2022) was a Canadian artist known chiefly for his intaglio prints, often depicting dramatic historical scenes of Newfoundland outport life and industry, such as shipwrecks , seal hunting , iceberg encounters and resettlement . He also created paintings, drawings and woodcuts . David Blackwood CM OOnt RCA Born David Lloyd Blackwood ( 1941-11-07 ) November 7, 1941 Wesleyville , Newfoundland Died July 2, 2022 (2022-07-02) (aged 80) Port Hope, Ontario , Canada Education Ontario College of Art and Design Known for graphic artist Website www .davidblackwood .com Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life and death 4 Awards and honours 5 References 6 External links Early life edit Blackwood was born in Wesleyville , Newfoundland , on November 7, 1941. [1] His family was involved in seafaring , which guided the artwork he later made. [2] [3] He opened his first art studio in 1956, and was awarded a scholarship three years later to study at the Ontario College of Art . [3] After graduating in 1963, he remained in Ontario , where he became Art Master at Trinity College School in Port Hope . [1] [3] Career edit Blackwood's artwork was exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada by the time he was 23 years old. [2] He worked on a series of fifty etchings titled The Lost Party , depicting a provincial sealing disaster in 1914, [2] throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s. This became one of the most extensive series of thematically-related prints in Canadian history. [2] [3] He was also involved in establishing an art gallery at Erindale College (a campus of the University of Tor....