18 Facts About David Blackwood

David Blackwood's family was involved in seafaring, which guided the artwork he later made.

David Blackwood opened his first art studio in 1956, and was awarded a scholarship three years later to study at the Ontario College of Art.

David Blackwood's artwork was exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada by the time he was 23 years old.

David Blackwood worked on a series of fifty etchings titled The Lost Party, depicting a provincial sealing disaster in 1914, throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s.

David Blackwood was involved in establishing an art gallery at Erindale College.

David Blackwood ultimately had 90 solo exhibitions and two major retrospective exhibitions.

David Blackwood's art was displayed internationally at Windsor Castle as part of the Royal Collection, the National Gallery of Australia, and at the Uffizi in Florence.

David Blackwood was the focus of a 1976 documentary film, David Blackwood, which was produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

David Blackwood's work was covered in The Art of David Blackwood, published by William Gough in 1988.

David Blackwood resided in Port Hope throughout his later years while keeping a studio in Wesleyville, Newfoundland and Labrador.

David Blackwood was hospitalized for two years during the mid-2010s due to a life-threatening illness.

David Blackwood died on July 2,2022, at his home in Port Hope.

David Blackwood was 80, and suffered from an unspecified long illness prior to his death.

David Blackwood was an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

David Blackwood was granted an honorary Doctor of Letters by Memorial University of Newfoundland and an honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of Calgary in 1992.

David Blackwood was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in April 1993 and invested ten months later in February of the following year.

David Blackwood later received the Order of Ontario in 2002.

David Blackwood was the recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.