Hart Gallery
- 1939
- David Blackburn born 22 June, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, son of Wilfrid
and Nora Blackburn
- 1955
- Wins scholarship to Huddersfield School of Art.
- 1959-62
- Royal College of Art, London.
- 1962
- David Blackburn meets Gerhart Frankl. Introduced to Pastel, and the works of Austrian
artists and scholars. Kenneth Clark purchases drawings, becomes patron and
adviser.
- 1963
- Travels widely in France, Italy and Germany visiting galleries and private
collections
- 1963-6
- David Blackburn visits Australia. Lecturer, School of Art, Royal Melbourne Institute
of Technology. Travels in Western Australia. Short period of printmaking 1965-6
- 1966
- Completes Creation series. Returns to England. Lecturer, School
of Architecture, University of Manchester. Working on Metamorphoses series
- 1970
- Exhibition at Agnews, London. Retrospective at Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
- 1971
- Visiting lecturer, Department of Architecture, University of Melbourne.
Visits Central Australia.
- 1973-4
- Visiting Associate in Fine Art, University of Melbourne.
- 1974
- Exhibition at Agnews of Central Australian drawings. Visiting
Fellow, Merton College, Oxford
- 1977
- Visiting Associate, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University,
Canberra
- 1977-8
- Visiting Artist, University of Melbourne
- 1978
- David Blackburn retrospective at Heslington Hall, University of York. Travels regularly
between England, Australia and America.
- 1981
- Visiting Professor, Georgetown University, Washington D. C.. Begins American
‘architectural’ drawings and Californian ‘beach’ scenes.
- 1984
- Drawings purchased for Phillips collection, Washington D.C.
- 1986
- Exhibition: Dulwich Picture Gallery, London. Begins Landscape Vision series
- 1987
- David Blackburn travels in Canada
- 1989
- Retrospective Exhibition at Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven. BBC Northern Lights programme. ITV Celebrations ( 30 minute documentary)
Comences association with Hart Gallery.
- 1991
- ITV Artists’ Lives programme. David Blackburn featured on BBC radio Kaleidoscope.
- 1991-4
- Working in the North of England.
- Book, David Blackburn and the Visionary Landscape
Tradition by Sasha Grishin, published,
- 1995
- Four month visit to Australia
- 1997
- Visit to Australia for A.N.U. exhibition.
- 1996
- Working in the North of England until present day.
- 1998
- 'David Blackburn - A Landscape Vision' by Malcolm Yorke, published.
- 2002
- 'David Blackburn - The Landscape Vision' by Charlotte Mullins, published.
David Blackburn Solo Exhibitions
- 1965
- Argus Gallery, Melbourne
- Watters Gallery, Sydney
- 1967
- University of Bradford
- Watters Gallery, Sydney
- 1968
- Oldham Art Gallery
- University of Leeds
- House of Commons, Westminster
- Watters Gallery, Sydney
- 1969
- Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
- 1970
- Bradford Festival
- University of Swansea
- Agnews, London
- Retrospective, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
- 1972
- 1973
- Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
- 1974
- 1978
- Retrospective, Heslington Hall, York
- 1979
- Retrospective, Huddersfield Art Gallery
- 1980
- David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney
- Solander Gallery, Canberra
- 1982
- International Monetary Fund, Washington D. C.
- 1984
- Vorpal Gallery, New York
- Agnews London
- 1985
- Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco
- Royal Institute of British Architects, London
- 1986
- Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
- 1989
- Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
- Hart Gallery, Nottingham
- Goldmark Gallery, Uppingham
- 1991
- 1993
- 1994
- Stein Bartlow Gallery, Chicago
- Hart Gallery London
- Retrospective, Huddersfield Art Gallery
- Retrospective, Kreis Unna, Germany
- 1995
- Retrospective, Djanogly Art Gallery, University of Nottingham
- 1996
- Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago
- Hart Gallery, London
- Hart Gallery, Nottingham
- 1997
- Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne, Australia.
- 1998
- 1999
- New Ashgate Gallery, Farnham, Surrey
- 60th Birthday Exhibition, Phillip’s Auction House, Leeds
- 60th Birthday Exhibition, Peter Bartlow Gallery, Chicago
- 2000
- 60th Birthday Exhibition, Hart Gallery, London
- 2001
- Hart SouthWest, Cornwall.
- 2002
- Winchester Cathedral.
- Hart Gallery London.
- 2003
- Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester.
- 2004
- 65th Birthday Exhibition, Hart Gallery, London.
- Montpesson House, Salisbury Festival
- 2006
- 2008
David Blackburn Group Exhibitions
- 1967
- Voightlaender Gallery, Germany
- 1968
- 1971
- 100 years of British Drawing, Agnews, London
- 1972
- Three Modern British Painters from Agnews, London, David Jones Art Gallery,
Sydney
- 1973
- Galerie d’Arte Moderne, Florence
- Art in Yorkshire 1900-1973, Harrogate Festival
- Art in Australia 1900-1973, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne
- 1976
- Australian Art 1876-1976, Gallery Huntley, Canberra
- 1977
- 1983
- Drawing International,Quadrum Gallery, Boston
- 1987
- Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- 1989
- 25 Years Watters Gallery Sydney, 25 Years
- 1991
- International Art Fair, Olympia, London
- 1992
- Art ‘92 , London
- Edinburgh Contemporary Art Fair
- 1993
- Art ‘93 , London,
- The Manchester Fine Art Fair
- Chicago International Art Exposition
- Bath Contemporary Art Fair
- Art LA, Los Angeles International Art Fair
- 1994
- Hart Gallery, London
- Art 94, London
- Twentieth Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
- 1995
- Art 95, London
- Europ’art, Geneva, Switzerland
- The Manchester Fine Art Fair, Manchester
- Twentieth Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
- 1996
- Art Miami 96, U.S.A.
- Art 96, London
- Twentieth Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
- 1997
- Art Miami 97 U.S.A
- Art 97 London
- Eigse Carlow, Carlow, Ireland.
- Twentieth Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London.
- New Australian Images Through British Eyes: David Blackburn, Mary Husted and
John Wolseley, The Australian National University, Canberra.
- Northern Light, The Ninth Provident Triennial Exhibition
- Sydne Bernard Gallery, Hollywood, California
- Bently Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
- 1998
- Art Miami 98, U.S.A.
- Art 98, London
- Twentieth Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London
- Hart Gallery & Lee and Priestly Exhibition, Leeds
- 1999
- Art Miami 99, USA
- Art 99, London
- Hart Gallery & Lee and Priestly Exhibition, Leeds
- The Twentieth Century British Art fair, London
- 2000
- Art 2000, London
- Art on Paper Fair, Royal College of Art, London
- 2002
- Hart Gallery at Bonhams, Leeds
- ArtLondon, Chelsea, London
- 20/21st British Art Fair, Commonwealth Institute, London.
- 'Noel 2002', Galerie Place Neuve, Vers, France
- 2003
- Europ'Art, Geneva
- ArtLondon, Chelsea
- 2004
- Hart Gallery, London
- ArtLondon, Chelsea
- In Praise of Earth, Montpesson House, Salisbury
- 2005
- London Art Fair, Islington, London.
- Blake's Heaven - A tribute Exhibition to William Blake, Scholar Fine Art
- Art Fortnight London
- 2006
- London Art Fair, Islington, London
- Art London, Chelsea
- 2007
- London Art Fair, Islington
- The Watercolours and Drawings Fair, Royal Academy of Art, London
- Form Art Fair, Olympia
- Artists Choice, Oldham Art Gallery
- 2008
- 'London Art Fair', Business Design Centre, London
'Art London', Chelsea, London
David Blackburn Public and Corporate Collections
- Albertina,Vienna
- Art Gallery of South Australia
- Art Gallery of Western Australia
- Asda Property Holdings Plc
- Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
- Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra
- Bradford Art Gallery
- Bradford and Bingley
- British Council, London
- British Museum, London
- Calderdale Art Galleries & Museums
- Carlow Art Collection
- Castlemaine Art Gallery
- Contemporary Art Society, London
- Exeter University
- Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
- Fogg Museum, Harvard University
- General Electric Company Art Collection
- Halifax Building Society
- Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
- Huddersfield Art Gallery
- Leeds City Art Gallery
- Mercer Gallery, Harrogate
- Merton Colege, Oxford
- Museum of Modern Art, New York
- National Gallery of Victoria
- New Hall, Cambridge
- Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.
- Provident Financial Art Collection
- Queensland Art Gallery
- Risk Magazine
- St Johns College, Oxford
- Stanford University, California
- Sheffield Art Gallery
- Trustees of St Thomas’s Hospital
- University of Bradford
- University of Canberra Art Collection
- University of Melbourne Art Collection
- University of Leeds
- University of Prague Art Collection
- Wakefield Art Gallery
- Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
- Yorkshire Arts Association
David Blackburn Selected Bibliography
- M.G. McNay: David Blackburn, University of Bradford,The
Guardian, January 1967
- W.T.Oliver: “Fascinating Development of Creation”, University of
Bradford, The Yorkshire Post, January 1967
- F.W. Fenton: “The Creation in Chalk Drawings”, University of Leeds,
Daily Telegraph, May 1968
- Ron Phillips: “The Metamorphoses Drawings”, catalogue
essay, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, 1969.
- Humphrey Brooke: “Originality in Pastel”, Agnews, Yorkshire Post
December 1970
- Judith Hague: “David Blackburn,Retrospective”, catalogue essay,
Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield 1970.
- W.T. Oliver: “David Blackburn, Australian Landscapes”, Agnews catalogue
introduction June 1971
- Patrick McCaughey: “David Blackburn”, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne,
catalogue essay, August 1974
- Julian Agnew: “Recent Pastel Drawings by David Blackburn”, Agnews
catalogue essay, November 1974
- Patrick Hutchings: “David Blackburn”,Gallery Huntley, Canberra,
catalogue introduction September 1977
- Geraldine Sykes: “The Element of Magic”, Huddersfield Daily Examiner,
7 December 1979
- Sonja Kelski: “Gentle Mystical pictures share an Inner light”,Solander
Gallery, Canberra, Canberra Times, 6 December 1980
- Mario Amaya: “David Blackburn”, Agnews,Studio International September
1984
- Richard Seddon: Observed Abstracts,Agnews, Yorkshire Post 1 October 1984
- Sally Ann Schilling: Painting in Pastel -3: David Blackburn, The Artist May
1986
- John Sheeran: David Blackburn,catalogue essay Dulwich Picture Gallery,October
1986
- Sasha Grishin: A Master of Metamorphosis, Craft Arts Sydney,May-June 1988
- Peter Fuller: David Blackburn. Catalogue: Light and Landscape exhibition,
Yale Center for British Art 1989 and reprinted 1993 in Peter Fuller’s
Modern Painters edited by John MacDonald
- Sasha Grishin: Exhibition review, Arts Review 17 November 1989
- William Zimmer. Exhibition review The New York Times 1989
- John Hart: The Landscape Drawings of David Blackburn,Hart Gallery catalogue
introduction 1989
- Mary Sara The Green book
- Sister Wendy Beckett: David Blackburn. Hart Gallery catalogue 1991
- Glyn Hughes: David Blackburn. Hart Gallery Catalogue 1991
- John Hart: A Poetic Dialogue, Seven Painters, The Hart Gallery. 1992
- Malcolm Yorke: Contemporary Art Magazine, Summer 1993
- Anthony O’Hear: A Regard for Beauty, Modern Painters Winter 1994
- Sasha Grishin: David Blackburn and the Visionary Landscape Tradition: published
by Hart Gallery 1994 ISBN: 0 9520759-2-X
- Linda Talbot: Hart Gallery Exhibition review. Ham and High May 10, 1996
- Sasha Grishin: Arts Comment The ANU Recorder October 4, 1995
- Barbara B. Buchhotz: “Color sense and geometry help to map Blackburn’s
vision” Chicago Tribune April 19 1996
- John Holt; New Light on Landscapes Nottingham Evening Post August 23 1995
- David Hammond Visionary’s view of the land” Huddersfield Examiner
November 5 1994
- David Hammond: Visionary with a magical eye huddersfield Examiner November
25 1994
- Robin Wallace-Crabbe:Book review Art Monthly Australia 1995
- Von Rolf Pfeiffer: Abstraktes vom Landschaftsmaler. Westfalische Rundscheau
15th march 1995
- Von Theo Korner: “Origineller Maler” stellt im Shcloss aus. Westfalische
Rundscheau 15th March 1995
- Malcolm Yorke: A Landscape Vision; published by the Hart Gallery 1998. ISBN:
0 9520759 8 9
- Vaughan Allen : World’s Apart, The Big Issue(in the north) August 16-22
1999 No. 274
- David Hammond : ‘David at 60 shares his secrets of his vision’ Huddersfield
Examiner, August 13 1999
- Morgan Falconer : 'Look no further than Blackburn for a truly visionary British
landscape' Highbury and Islington Express, 14th January 2000
- David Hammond: 'David at a new peak', Huddersfield Examiner 7th June 2002
- Charlotte Mullins, David Blackburn: The Sublime Landscape, Published 2002
- Simon Armitage for Modern Painters, 'Somewhere to believe in'. Spring 2004
- Michael Stewart for Aesthetica magazine, 'A Turner for our Time: The visionary
landscapes of David Blackburn. 2006
- Elspeth Moncrieff for World of Antiques and Art, David Blackburn:Landscapes
Mind. Spring 2006
- Janet McKenzie, 'Mediators and Messengers: Contemporary Art in the Landscape',Studio
international Contemporary Art, Design and Architecture, 2007