William Scott (artist)

William Scott
William Scott
	William Scott in 1959 (during a visit by Mark Rothko photo by James Scott)
Born	February 15, 1913; Greenock, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	December 28, 1989 (aged 76); Coleford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Painting
Movement	Abstract
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Royal Academician;

William Scott CBE RA (15 February 1913 – 28 December 1989) was a British artist, known for still-life and abstract painting. He is the most internationally celebrated of 20th-century Ulster painters.^[1]

Exhibitions[]

Scott represented Britain in 1958 at the Venice Biennale. He exhibited at the Hanover Gallery in London, at the Martha Jackson Gallery in New York, Italy, Switzerland, West Germany, France, the in Japan, Canada and Australia, at the Dawson Gallery, Dublin,^[2] as well as Belfast.^[3] Retrospectives of his work were held at the Tate Gallery, London in 1972, in Edinburgh, Dublin and Belfast in 1986, by the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin in 1998^[1] and the Jerwood Gallery in 2013.^[4]

Selected works[]

Still Life With Orange Note (1970), Oil on canvas, Arts Council of Northern Ireland collection
Cornish Harbour (1951), Lithograph, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collection
Fish (1951), Lithograph, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collection
Portrait of a girl (1948), Lithograph, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa collection
Girl Seated at a Table (1938), formerly owned by David Bowie^[5]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "William Scott". Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection Artists. Retrieved 6 July 2009.
^ "Selected Solo Exhibitions – William Scott CBE RA (1913-1989)". Retrieved 2019-10-30.
^ "William Scott". Dictionary of Ulster Biography (1993). Retrieved 6 July 2009.
^ "Retrospective of work of distinguished British painter". Rye and Battle Observer. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
^ Gompertz, Will (2 November 2016). "What does David Bowie's art say about him?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

'William Scott' Norbert Lynton, Thames & Hudson (2003)

External links[]

[AC-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b "William Scott". Arts Council of Northern Ireland Collection Artists. Retrieved 6 July 2009.

[2] "Selected Solo Exhibitions – William Scott CBE RA (1913-1989)". Retrieved 2019-10-30.

[UB-3] "William Scott". Dictionary of Ulster Biography (1993). Retrieved 6 July 2009.

[4] "Retrospective of work of distinguished British painter". Rye and Battle Observer. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2013.

[5] Gompertz, Will (2 November 2016). "What does David Bowie's art say about him?". BBC News. Retrieved 2 November 2016.

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William Scott
William Scott in 1959 (during a visit by Mark Rothko photo by James Scott)
Born	(1913-02-15)February 15, 1913 Greenock, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died	December 28, 1989(1989-12-28) (aged 76) Coleford, Somerset, England, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Known for	Painting
Movement	Abstract
Awards	Commander of the Order of the British Empire Royal Academician