To mark the centenary of Joan Eardley's birth, this curation looks at one work in each of the 36 UK public collections in which she is represented, from the Highlands to Hampshire. Eardley was born in Sussex and moved to Scotland in 1940. She trained at the Glasgow School of Art and Hospitalfield College of Art, Arbroath. She is renowned for her portrayal of the Townhead district of Glasgow - in particular of its children - and of Catterline, a fishing village on the Scottish north-east coast, which she painted in all seasons and in all weather conditions. The text has been provided by the collection curators and has been edited by Alice Strang. For details about the Eardley Centenary celebrations please see https://joaneardley.com/.
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 96 x W 122 cm
Highland Council
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 52 x W 73 cm
University of Aberdeen
High Tide, a Winter Afternoon 1961
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on hardboard
H 117 x W 235.7 cm
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 92.2 x W 72.1 cm
Argyll and Bute Council
Green and Blue Boats 1963
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 120 x W 123.5 cm
Dundee Art Galleries and Museums Collection (Dundee City Council)
Snow II c.1961
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 78 x W 99 cm
University of Dundee Fine Art Collections
The Fireplace c.1955
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 88.9 x W 71.1 cm
Perth & Kinross Council
Wave Study II 1958
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 56 x W 89.9 cm
University of Stirling
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 124.5 x W 143 cm
Fife Council
A Field by the Sea – Summer c.1962
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 91.4 x W 101.6 cm
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture
Sleeping Nude 1955
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 76 x W 155.2 cm
National Galleries of Scotland
Farmhouse Stove c.1950
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 95 x W 73 cm
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council
Back Street Bookie 1952
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 107.5 x W 59.5 cm
University of Edinburgh
Flood Tide 1962
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 120 x W 183 cm
East Dunbartonshire Council
Sweetshop, Rotten Row 1957–1961
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 26 x W 15 cm
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow
Glasgow Kids, a Saturday Matinée Picture Queue c.1949
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 70.8 x W 114.5 cm
Glasgow Life Museums
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 88.2 x W 104 cm
The Glasgow School of Art
Study for Glasgow Back Street Children 1960
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 72.5 x W 112 cm
BBC
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 91 x W 59 cm
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries, Renfrewshire Council Collections
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on hardboard
H 10.8 x W 45.1 cm
National Trust for Scotland, Culzean Castle, Garden & Country Park
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 30.6 x W 94.3 cm
Dumfries and Galloway Council
Children and Chalked Wall No. 2 1963
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 80.5 x W 86 cm
Lakeland Arts
Sea and Snow 1958
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 96 x W 121 cm
The University of York
Children and Chalked Wall No. 4
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil & collage on board
H 60.5 x W 74 cm
Kirklees Museums and Galleries
Winter Sun No. 1 1961–1962
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 121.9 x W 130.8 cm
Birmingham Museums Trust
Archie Lafferty, Aged 6 c.1953
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 61 x W 41 cm
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
The Sea, Winter II 1962 (?)
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 86 x W 154 cm
Alfred East Art Gallery Permanent Collection
Sunset 1960s
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 47.5 x W 43.5 cm
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum Art Collections
Townhead Close c.1955
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 54.5 x W 48 cm
Trinity College, University of Oxford
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 25.5 x W 27.5 cm
Government Art Collection
Rag and Bone Shop, Glasgow mid-20th C
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Gouache
H 33 x W 26.5 cm
The Fleming Collection
Salmon Net Posts c.1961–62
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 118.5 x W 217.5 cm
Tate
A Field of Oats 1962
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 100.2 x W 96.7 cm
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Winter Landscape 1954
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on canvas
H 66 x W 96.5 cm
Southwark Art Collection
Coastline at Catterline, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 102 x W 181 cm
Reading Museum
Catterline in Winter c.1960/1967
Joan Kathleen Harding Eardley (1921–1963)
Oil on board
H 25 x W 21 cm
National Trust, Mottisfont Abbey
