Monographs
Alley, Ronald, William Scott (London: Methuen, 1963)
Bowness, Alan, William Scott: Paintings (London: Lund Humphries, 1964)
Lynton, Norbert, William Scott (London: Thames & Hudson, 2004)
Whitfield, Sarah (ed.), William Scott Catalogue Raisonné of Oil Paintings (London: Thames & Hudson, 2013)
Statements by the Artist
Alloway, Lawrence, Nine Abstract Artists: Their Work and Theory (London: Tiranti, 1954)
Ritchie, Andrew Carnduff (ed.), The New Decade – 22 European Painters and Sculptors, exh. cat. (New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1955)
Scott, William, Script of British Council Lecture (unpublished typescript, 1959, William Scott Archive)
‘Peter Lanyon, Alan Davie and William Scott Talking to David Sylvester about Their Work’ (BBC recording, 19 June 1959, Tate Archive TAV 214AB)
‘Mr William Scott Talks of Development in Abstract Art’, The Times, London, 6 January 1960
Levy, Mervyn, ‘William Scott’s Circle and Square: The Perennial Theme’, Studio, vol. 164, no. 832, August 1962
‘Biographical Notes’, Bowness, Alan (ed.), William Scott: Paintings Drawings and Gouaches 1938–1971, exh. cat. (London: Tate Gallery, 1972)
Scott, William, Script of British Council Lecture (unpublished typescript, 1972, William Scott Archive) (re-printed in David Anfam, William Scott, McCaffrey Fine Art, New York, 2010)
Scott, William, ‘Introduction for lecture to be read at Sydney’ (unpublished manuscript, 1973, William Scott Archive)
William Scott, ‘Script of talk on drawing given on the occasion of the Perth Prize for Drawing International, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth’ (unpublished manuscript, 1973, William Scott Archive)
Rothon, Tony, ‘William Scott in conversation with Tony Rothon’, Studio International Journal of Modern Art, vol. 188, no. 972, December 1974
Scott, William, ‘Introduction by William Scott’, in Lou Klepac [ed.], William Scott: Drawings (New York: David Anderson, 1975)
‘Interview with William Scott’ (Audio recording, 1981, Imperial War Museum Sound Archive, accession no. 4831)
Ciarty, Ciaran, ‘William Scott in Conversation with Ciaran Ciarty’, Sunday Tribune, 24 August 1986
Selected Articles
Piper, John, ‘Art’, The Spectator, 18 September 1942
Anon., ‘Mr William Scott’, The Times, 26 October 1948
Newton, Eric, ‘Round the London Art Galleries’, The Listener, 15 February 1951
Russell, John, ‘Mr Scott & the Mackerel’, Sunday Times, 18 February 1951
Anon., ‘Mr Scott’s Abstract Paintings’, The Times, 18 June 1953
Heron, Patrick, ‘William Scott’, New Statesman and Nation, vol. XLV, no. 1163, 20 June 1953
[D.A.], ‘Still-Lifes and Nudes of William Scott on Display at Martha Jackson Gallery’, The New York Times, 31 October 1956
Anon., ‘Paintings and Sculpture by Mr William Scott’, The Times, 25 September 1956
Piper, Myfanwy, ‘Object Lessons’, Sunday Times, 30 September 1956
Forge, Andrew, ‘Round the London Galleries’, The Listener, 18 October 1956
Taylor, Basil, ‘The Paintings of William Scott’, ARTS, vol. 31, no. 2, November 1956
Crosby, Theo, ‘William Scott’, Architectural Design, vol. XXVII, no. 6, June 1957
Bowness, Alan, ‘Winners at Liverpool’, The Observer, 10 November 1957
Steen, Sheila, ‘William Scott – His Art Belongs to an Older World’, Belfast Telegraph, 14 January 1958
Sprigge, Sylvia, ‘Sculptors Prominent at Venice Biennale: Britain’s Three-man Show’, Manchester Guardian, 16 June 1958
Sutton, Denys, ‘The Biennale’, Financial Times, 17 June 1958
Hodin, J.P., ‘A Biennale of Surprises’, Art News and Review, 2 August 1958
Berger, John, ‘Tooths and Bones’, New Statesman, 22 September 1958
Laws, Frederick, ‘Showing off British Art Abroad’, Manchester Guardian, 26 March 1959
Anon., ‘Two Views of British Art: I – Travelling Images – Orientations Towards New York’, Times Literary Supplement, 9 September 1960
Russell, John, ‘Art Galleries’, Sunday Times, 21 May 1961
Wallis, Nevile, ‘Scott the Explorer’, The Observer, 21 May 1961
Anon.,‘The Essential Art of Mr William Scott’, The Times, 25 May 1961
Sutton, Keith, ‘Round the London Art Galleries’, The Listener, 1 June 1961
Sylvester, David, [review of Hanover 1961], New Statesman, 2 June 1961
Russell, John, ‘William Scott’, London Magazine, vol. I, no. 3, June 1961
Rouve, Pierre, ‘William Scott’, Arts Review, June 1961
Melville, Robert, ‘William Scott’, Motif 8, Winter 1961
Levy, Mervyn, ‘William Scott’s Circle and Square: A Perennial Theme’, Studio, vol. 164, no. 832, August 1962
Sutton, Keith, ‘William Scott’, Cimaise. Art et Architecture Actuels, January–February 1963
Fried, Michael, ‘New York Letter’, Art International, vol. VII, no. 4, April 1963
Sylvester, David, ‘British Painting Now’, Sunday Times Colour Magazine, 2 June 1963
Coutts-Smith, Kenneth, ‘William Scott’, Arts Review, 15 June 1963
Gosling, Nigel, ‘Un-English Merit’, The Observer, 16 June 1963
[H.P.], ‘William Scott’, Irish Times, 25 September 1963
Kozloff, Max, ‘British Painting Today’, Encounter, January 1964
Wolfram, Eddie, ‘William Scott’, Arts News and Review, 2 October 1965
Stockwood, Jane, ‘William Scott at Work in Somerset and London’, Harpers & Queen, March 1972
Tisdall, Caroline, ‘William Scott’, The Guardian, 19 April 1972
Gosling, Nigel, ‘Domestic Exposure’, The Observer, 23 April 1972
Russell, John, ‘Objects of Magic’, Sunday Times, 23 April 1972
Cork, Richard, ‘The Sole Fascination of William Scott’s Tate Exhibition’, Art News, 27 April 1972
Burr, James, ‘Purely for Pleasure’, Apollo, April 1972
Sutton, Denys, ‘The Nineties and After’, Financial Times, 2 May 1972
Ferran, Brian, ‘Man from the North’, Irish Times, 3 May 1972
Campbell, Peter, ‘Still-Lifes and Real-Lifes’, The Listener, 4 May 1972
Melville, Robert, ‘Pots and Pans’, New Statesman, 5 May 1972
Burn, Guy, ‘William Scott’, Arts Review, 6 May 1972
Bruce-Milne, Marjorie, ‘Scott and His Pots and Pans’, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 1972
Wolfram, Eddie, [review of Tate 1972], Art & Artists, May 1972
Kramer, Hilton, ‘Painterly Subtleties Fill Work of Scott’, The New York Times, 6 January 1973
Mellow, James R., ‘Pots and Pans and Eggs’, The New York Times, 14 January 1973
Flanagan, Terence, ‘The Drawings of William Scott’, Arts in Ireland, vol. I, no. 3, 1973
Feaver, William, ‘William Scott’, Financial Times, 11 September 1974
Heron, Patrick, ‘Patrick Heron Discloses the American Cultural and Commercial Pressures that Have Brought about the Most Extraordinary Myth in Modern Art’, The Guardian, 10 October 1974
Heron, Patrick, ‘Part Two of the Report by the British Painter Patrick Heron on How American Cultural Imperialism Took Over Britain and the History Book Accounts’, The Guardian, 11 October 1974
Heron, Patrick, ‘Patrick Heron Concludes His Attack on US Cultural Colonialism’, The Guardian, 12 October 1974
Kramer, Hilton, ‘Art: Seeing an Emotion’s Shape’, The New York Times, 11 January 1975
Januszczak, Waldemar, ‘Life Worth Living’, Liverpool Daily Post, 2 June 1977
Howarth, Roland, ‘William Scott “Painting”: Archaeology and Vandalism 1959’, Lincolnshire & Humberside Arts Diary, July–August 1983
Beaumont, Mary Rose, ‘William Scott’, Arts Review, 15 March 1985
Symington, David, ‘West Artist Wins Major Prize’, Bath & West Evening Chronicle, 22 May 1985
Norrie, Jane, ‘William Scott, Gimpel Fils’, Arts Review, vol. XXXIX, no. 11, 5 June 1987
Marlow, Tim, ‘Still Depths’, The Guardian, 13 October 1988
Hilton, Tim, ‘The Life of Bath’, The Guardian, 21 December 1988
Anon., Obituary of William Scott, Daily Telegraph, 30 December 1989
Anon., Obituary of William Scott, The Times, 30 December 1989
Fallon, Brian, Obituary of William Scott, Irish Times, 30 December 1989
Feaver, William, Obituary of William Scott, The Observer, 31 December 1989
Lynton, Norbert, Obituary of William Scott, The Independent, 2 January 1990
Bowness, Alan (with Adrian Heath), Obituary of William Scott, The Guardian, 5 January 1990
Heron, Patrick, Obituary of William Scott, Art Monthly, February 1990
Devereux, Bob, Obituary of William Scott, Modern Painters, vol. 2, no. 2, Spring 1990
Spurling, John, ‘William Scott CBE, RA’, Royal Academy Magazine, Spring 1990
Heron, Patrick, ‘William Scott’, Modern Painters, vol. 2, no. 4, Winter 1990–91
Ingleby, Richard, ‘Great Scott’, Art Review, vol. XLIX, April 1997
Janes, Alfred, ‘William Scott: A Life Study’, The Independent, 12 April 1997
Dunne, Aidan, ‘Simply Scott’, Irish Times, 22 July 1998
Geadell, Colin, ‘Market News’, Daily Telegraph, 26 March 2001 (history of two important sketch-books containing 34 drawings allegedly stolen from the artist’s family in the 1970s and recently sold at auction in London)
Whitfield, Sarah and Lucy Inglis, ‘William Scott’s War’, Burlington Magazine, vol. CL, no. 1261, April 2008
Whitfield, Sarah, ‘An unpublished letter from William Scott’, Burlington Magazine, vol. CLI, no. 1273, April 2009
Laity, Paul, ‘Into the frying pan’, The Guardian, 2 March 2013
Dunne, Aidan, ‘Why it might finally be time to shout Great Scott’, Irish Times, 9 March 2013
Texts in Exhibition Catalogues
Read, Herbert, ‘Introduction’, Kenneth Armitage, S.W. Hayter, William Scott, British Pavilion, XXIX Biennale Venice, London 1958
Bowness, Alan, ‘William Scott’, William Scott, Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zurich, November–December 1959
Thwaites, John Anthony, ‘Introduction’, William Scott Paintings and Gouaches, Esther Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, January 1961
Russell, John, [Untitled essay], William Scott, Hanover Gallery, London, May–June 1961
Bowness, Alan, ‘William Scott’, William Scott Paintings 1952–1962, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, September–October 1962
Sylvester, David, ‘Drawing Towards Painting’, Drawing Towards Painting, Arts Council of Great Britain (touring exhibition), October 1961–October 1962
Thompson, David, ‘Paintings by William Scott’, William Scott, Lynn Chadwick, Merlyn Evans, Museo de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janiero, January–February 1962
Bowness, Alan, William Scott, Paintings Drawings and Gouaches 1938–1971, Tate Gallery, London, April–May 1972
Crookshank, Anne, ‘Foreword’, William Scott, Martha Jackson Gallery, New York, January–February 1973
Bowness, Alan, ‘Foreword’, in Lou Klepac (ed.), William Scott Drawings, David Anderson, New York, 1975
Ikegami, Chuji, ‘Between Realism and Abstraction’, William Scott, Gallery Kasahara, Tokyo, May 1976
Weight, Angela, William Scott War Paintings 1942–46 (double-sided sheet to accompany exhibition of same title), Imperial War Museum, London, February–March 1981
Alley, Ronald, [Untitled essay], William Scott, Ulster Museum, Belfast (touring exhibition), June–November 1986
Flanagan, T.P., ‘The Drawings of William Scott: An Appreciation’, William Scott, Ulster Museum, Belfast (touring exhibition), June–November 1986
Lynton, Norbert, William Scott, Beaux-Arts Gallery, London, 1990
Tooby, Michael, ‘“The Same Subject?” Sources and Origins’, William Scott Paintings and Drawings, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, July–November 1998
Morley, Simon, ‘Scott after Modernism’, William Scott Paintings and Drawings, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, July–November 1998
Lambertini, Luigi, ‘La voce dei colori’, William Scott, Lorenzelli Arte, Milan, March-April 2005
Anfam, David, ‘The Planet on the Table’, William Scott, McCaffrey Fine Art, New York, February–April 2010
General Books and Exhibition Catalogues
Fry, Roger, Vision and Design, Chatto & Windus, London, 1920
Fry, Roger, The Arts of Painting and Sculpture, Victor Gollancz Ltd, London, 1932
Read, Herbert, Contemporary British Art, Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1951
Alloway, Lawrence, Nine Abstract Artists: Their Work and Theory, Tiranti, London, 1954
Heron, Patrick, The Changing Forms of Art, Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1955
Ragon, Michel, Naissance d’un art nouveau, Albin Michel, Paris, 1963
Robertson, Bryan, John Russell and Tony Snowdon, Private View, Nelson, London, 1965
Spalding, Frances, British Art since 1900, Thames & Hudson, London, 1986
Gooding, Mel, Patrick Heron, Phaidon, London, 1994
Pope, Derek (ed.), A Celebration of Bath Academy of Art at Corsham, Derek Pope, Corsham, 1997
Garlake, Margaret, New Art, New World: British Art in Postwar Society, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1998
Woollcombe, Tamsyn (ed.), The Fifties. Art from the British Council Collection, British Council, London, 1998
Froude-Durix, Carole, The Life and Art of Kathleen Bridle, Four Courts Press, Dublin, 1998
Hall, James, The Battle for Realism – Figurative Art in Britain during the Cold War 1945–1960, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2001
Kennedy, Rósín, ‘Art for the Public: William Scott and F.E. McWilliam at Altnagelvin’, Irish Arts Review Yearbook, vol. 18, 2002
Garlake, Margaret (ed.), Artists and Patrons in Post-War Britain, Ashgate, Aldershot, 2001
Blast to Frieze: British Art in the 20th Century, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, September 2002–January 2003
Lewis, Adrian, Roger Hilton, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2003
Burstow, Robert, The ‘Sculpture in the Home’ Exhibitions: Reconstructing the Home and Family in Post-War Britain, Henry Moore Institute Essays on Sculpture, no. 60, Henry Moore Institute, Perry Green, published to accompany Sculpture in the Home: Re-staging a Post-War Initiative, Leeds Art Gallery, October 2008–January 2009
Rye, Jane, Adrian Heath, Lund Humphries, Farnham, 2012
Ferran, Denise and Holman, Valerie, The Sculpture of F.E. McWilliam, Lund Humphries, Farnham, in association with the Henry Moore Institute, 2012