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Motion · S6M-00945 · 25 Aug 2021

Dame Elizabeth Blackadder

Lodged by Meghan Gallacher (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) Standard Motion 28 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes the sad passing of Dame Elizabeth Blackadder, one of Scotland’s greatest artists; further notes that Elizabeth, who was born in Falkirk, had a career spanning six decades during which she won numerous awards for her still life paintings and delicate pictures of flowers; acknowledges that Elizabeth was the first woman to become an academician of the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Scottish Academy, and she was honoured with an OBE in 1982, and made a Dame in 2003, and further acknowledges that, in 2001, Elizabeth was appointed as Her Majesty’s Painter and Limner in Scotland, the first woman to hold this role in its 400-year history.

Supporters (28)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.