• Joan Eardley | Character

  • Jul 13 2021
  • Length: 43 mins
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Joan Eardley | Character

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  • Joan Eardley is one of Scotland’s most popular and influential twentieth century artists. Her powerful and expressive paintings transformed her everyday surroundings, from Glasgow’s street children to the rugged Kincardineshire coastline.

    The hundredth anniversary of the artist’s birth was in May 2021. To mark this occasion, the National Galleries of Scotland produced this three-part audio programme in celebration of the artist’s life and work.   Painter and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie is joined by figures from the art world and beyond to try to understand better the character of this ground-breaking artist whose incredible body of work has endured long beyond her lifetime and continues to inspire new generations of artists.  

    In this episode, Lachlan is joined by Joan Eardley's niece, the Bearsden-based ceramicist Anne Morrison-Hudson and archivist Kirstie Meehan and curator Leila Riszko from the National Galleries of Scotland to ask what we know of Joan Eardley's character.

    The conversation touches on the apparent contrast in Eardley’s character, as a shy, reserved person who expresses herself with such intense passion on canvas. Noting the emotional stresses of her personal life and their impact on her painting, the panel consider Eardley’s experiences as a gay woman in a time when many people of her generation were not open about their sexuality. Lachlan also asks about Eardley’s work ethic and her motivations as an artist.
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