Joan Eardley among 12 honoured with plaques
The artist Joan Eardley is to be commemorated with a plaque on the cottage in Aberdeenshire where she spent her final years.
Eardley became famous for her drawings and paintings of poor Glasgow children, who played in the streets near her studio in the city’s East End.
She later moved to Catterline, a fishing village in Aberdeenshire where she painted land and seascapes until her death from cancer in 1963, aged just 42.
Eardley, who remains one of Scotland’s most enduringly popular artists, is one of a dozen figures being honoured in the latest round of Historic Environment Scotland’s (HES) Commemorative Plaque Scheme.
The plaque will be mounted at 1 South Row Cottage in Catterline.
The scheme, which is now in its fifth year, celebrates the life and work of significant persons from history by highlighting the link between them and a building connected with their work or life.
Each year, there are 12 notable recipients.
Others celebrated this year include the mathematician and astronomer Mary Somerville; Colonel Sir George Thomas Beatson, the surgeon famed for his contribution to the treatment of cancer; 19th century golfing pioneer Willie Park Snr; and lighthouse builder Robert Stevenson among others.
Martin Ross, HES’S policy and projects manager, said yesterday: “By running this scheme, we are placing a spotlight on the social and human stories behind Scotland’s local and national architecture and the different contributions of those who helped to shape Scotland’s story.
“This latest group of recipients highlights this diversity and ranges from explorers and writers to mathematicians and golfers.
“We hope that by recognising them in this way it encourages people to find out more about their role in Scotland’s varied and extensive history.”