Basil Blackshaw (Born in Glengormley, Co. Antrim 1932) is an Irish painter.

Blackshaw's painting are often figurative in form, but with a non-naturalistic palate which rebalances the composition in an expressionist, even abstract, way. His themes are very Irish and often rural; greyhounds, Irish Travellers and the landscape. He has also produced portraits and has designed posters for Derry's Field Day Theatre Company .

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland organised a major retrospective of his work in 1995, which travelled from Belfast to Dublin, Cork and many galleries in the U.S. In 2001 he received the Glen Dimplex award for a Sustained Contriubtion to the Visual Arts in Ireland is the distinguished Irish painter Basil Blackshaw. The Ulster Museum held a major exhibition of his work in 2002.

Works in Collections

• The Arts Council of Northern Ireland including:
  • The Last Walk
• The Arts Council of Ireland including:
  • Green Landscape (1980)
• The Ulster Museum
• The Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, Dublin, including:
  • Niall's Pony (1997)

References and External Links

• Brian McAvera (2002), Basil Blackshaw: A New Vision, Irish Arts Review Vol 19 No 3.
• Aosdána short biography
• The Press Release announcing the 2001 Glen Dimplex award