Joan Eardley, RSA 1921-1963

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Description

Joan Eardley, R.S.A.
THE OLD PLOUGH
signed l.l.: JOAN EARDLEY
oil on board

Provenance

Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Aitken Dott & Son, Joan Eardley Exhibition, 29 May - 10 June 1961, no.33

Catalogue Note

'Eardley's life was a paradox. She was shy yet powerful; she understood the lives of children, yet had none of her own; she painted not only the city, but also the sea and the seasons of the year; and while her creative power was flowing feircely her life was extinquished'