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William SCOTT  -  1913-1989      British Abstract Expressionist

William Scott

William Scott 1913-1989

William Scott was born in Scotland. He studied at the Belfast College of Art and the royal Academy Schools of London. In the 1950s he was in New York. In 1958 William Scott exhibited at the Venice Biennale, in 1961 at the Sao Paolo Bienal and in 1972 the Tate Gallery had a major retrospective of his works. His style is from still life subjects with sparse lines and forms like pans, cups or pots to abstract. The artist was active in printmaking since the 1940s.

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs