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Basil Blackshaw
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'''Basil Blackshaw''',
artist, was born in
Glengormley,
County Antrim,
Northern Ireland in
1932.
Blackshaw's painting are often figurative in form, but with a non-naturalistic palate which rebalances the composition in an expressionist, even abstract, way. His themes are very Irish and often rural;
greyhounds,
Irish Travellers and the landscape. He has also produced portraits and has designed posters for
Derry's
Field Day Theatre Company.
The
Arts Council of Northern Ireland organised a major retrospective of his work in
1995, which travelled from
Belfast to
Dublin,
Cork and many galleries in the
United States. In
2001 he received the
Glen Dimplex Award for a Sustained Contribution to the Visual Arts in Ireland.
The Ulster Museum held a major exhibition of his work in
2002.
Works in Collections
*The Arts Council of Northern Ireland including:
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''The Last Walk''
*The
Arts Council of Ireland including:
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''Green Landscape'' (1980)
*
The Ulster Museum
*
The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, including:
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''Niall's Pony'' (1997)
References and external links
*Brian McAvera (2002), [http://www.irishartsreview.com/html/vol19_no3/blackshaw/blackshaw_feature.htm Basil Blackshaw: A New Vision], ''Irish Arts Review'' Vol 19 No 3.
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Aosdána short biography
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The Press Release announcing the 2001 Glen Dimplex award
See also
*
List of Northern Ireland artists
Category:1932 births Blackshaw, Basil
Category:Aosdána Blackshaw, Basil
Category:Living people Blackshaw, Basil
Category:Natives of County Antrim Blackshaw, Basil
Category:Northern Ireland painters Blackshaw, Basil
Category:Stamp designers Blackshaw, Basil
