Lot 363
to be offered for Auction
Antique and Interiors Sale 13th March 2019
William Kay Blacklock
'Haytime'
Oil on canvas
85 cm x 69 cm
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000
William Kay Blacklock (1872-1924) was born in Bishopwearmouth in Sunderland, moving to London where he married Ellen Richardson and attended the Royal College of Art.
After completing his studies he moved to Edinburgh studying at the Edinburgh School of Art and then joined an artists colony in Suffolk. His wife and daughter often acted as the artists models.
Working in both oils and watercolours Blacklock exhibited 17 works at the Royal Academy between 1897 and 1918. In later years he moved to Cambridgeshire and Leicester, dying in Polperro where he is buried.
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