William Scott (painter)

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William Scott (born February 15, 1913 in Greenock , Strathclyde , Scotland , † December 28, 1989 in Bath , England ) was a Scottish painter . He worked as a painter in France, England, Scotland and Italy.

Life

William Scott was of Irish Scottish descent. He spent his childhood in Scotland (in the home of his Scottish mother) and from 1924 in Enniskillen ( County Fermanagh ) in Ireland (in the home of his Irish father). His father, who worked as a painter and graphic artist himself, had William teach an art teacher in Enniskillen when he was 14. This brought him closer to the art of Paul Cézanne , Amedeo Modigliani , Pablo Picasso and André Derain , which strongly influenced Williams' early painterly work.

From 1928 to 1931 Scott studied at Belfast College of Art and from 1931 to 1935 at the Royal Academy Schools in London (there in the sculpture class). In 1933 he was awarded the " Silver Medal for Sculpture ". Scott himself was a teacher at the Bath Academy of Art from 1941 to 1956. In 1936 he worked for six months near Penzance in Cornwall .

From 1937 to 1938 Scott lived in Italy for six months and visited Florence , Venice and Rome .

In 1945 Scott painted many still lifes . From 1952 to 1954 his works belong to abstract painting .

In 1953 Scott went on a study trip to the USA and had contact there with the artists Jackson Pollock , Mark Rothko and Franz Kline . After these artistic contacts, Scott's works assumed a special and individual position between figuration and abstraction .

William Scott's art has received international attention and recognition. He was a participant in documenta 1 (1955), documenta II (1959) and documenta III in 1964 in Kassel .

In 1975 Scott received an Honorary Doctorate from the Royal College of Art , London, and in 1976 he received an Honorary Doctorate in Literature from Queen's University Belfast . In 1977 he was also awarded the honorary doctorate in literature from the Trinity College in Dublin awarded.

In 1984 he was appointed a member of the Royal Academy .

William Scott died in Bath on December 28, 1989 at the age of 76.

literature

  • William Scott: Paintings, Drawings and Gouaches 1938–71. Exhibition catalog. The Tate Gallery, London 1972.
  • William Scott. Exhibition catalog. Ulster Museum, Belfast 1986.
  • Alan Bowness: William Scott: Paintings. Lund Humphries, London 1964.

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personal data
SURNAME Scott, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scottish painter
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH Greenock , Strathclyde , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH December 28, 1989
Place of death Bath , England