Basil Blackshaw HRHA HRUA
Artist Bio
Basil Blackshaw was born in Glengormley, Co Antrim in 1932. He studied at Methodist College Belfast and then went to the Belfast College of Art. When graduating, he was awarded a Council for Encouragement of Music and Arts Scholarship to study in Paris. Since then, he has lived and worked in Co. Antrim.
Blackshaws’ work is well known by the use of distinctive colours and the loose application of paint, often domintated by his passions in life such as horses, dogs and Ireland. He is also well known as a fine portrait artist of the figure, which includes subjects such as Archbishops George Simms and Armstrong, Brian Friel and Michael Longley. Basil’s work is colour sensitive with particularly unusual viewpoints and proportions which highlight his exceptional technical skill.
In 1995, in order to honor his work, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland organized a display of his work in various galleries across Northern Ireland, Ireland and the USA.
Having won the Glen Dimplex Award for sustained contribution to the visual art in Ireland in 2001, Basil became an associate of the Royal Ulster Academy of Arts in 1977. In 1981 he became an Academician and then went on to winning the Glen Dimplex Award for sustained contribution to the visual art in Ireland in 2001.
Available works by Basil Blackshaw HRHA HRUA
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'GAMECOCK'
SIZE: H 22.5" x W 21.5"
Result:
£20,500
Date: 29/03/2022
'COCKEREL'
SIZE: H 20" x W 16"
Result:
£18,500
Date: 21/06/2022
'THE CHASER'
SIZE: H 9" x W 12"
Result:
£8,000
Date: 19/02/2020
'THE OLD ORCHARD'
SIZE: H 20" x W 30"
Result:
£7,200
Date: 08/12/2022
'FEMALE NUDE STUDY, JUDE'
SIZE: H 18" x W 14"
Result:
£6,000
Date: 21/09/2022
'RED HOOD'
SIZE: H 24" x W 24"
Result:
£5,500
Date: 18/01/2023
'HOUSES, GLENAVY'
SIZE: H 16" x W 20"
Result:
£5,000
Date: 24/11/2020
'PORTMORE, COUNTY ANTRIM'
SIZE: H 8" x W 10"
Result:
£4,800
Date: 17/10/2023
'FOX HOUNDS'
SIZE: H 16" x W 14"
Result:
£4,000
Date: 10/08/2022
'STUDY OF A HORSE'
SIZE: H 38" x W 48"
Result:
£3,100
Date: 27/11/2019
'FOX HOUNDS'
SIZE: H 16" x W 14"
Result:
£3,000
Date: 29/10/2020
'PORTRAIT OF JAMES WARWICK OBE'
SIZE: H 50" x W 36"
Result:
£3,000
Date: 08/12/2022
'VAN MORRISON'
SIZE: H 5.5" x W 8.5"
Result:
£3,000
Date: 08/12/2022
'LANDSCAPE, COUNTY ANTRIM'
SIZE: H 12" x W 16"
Result:
£2,500
Date: 18/01/2023
'UNTITLED '
SIZE: H 6" x W 8"
Result:
£2,100
Date: 16/02/2022