William Scott CBE RA (1913-1989)
British Artist
15 February – 31 August 2013William Scott spent his formative years in Enniskillen. Here he received his first art lessons and the encouragement to become an internationally renowned artist. The exhibition highlights Fermanagh County Museum’s important collection of William Scott’s art. Continue reading “Fermanagh County Museum’s Full-Circle: William Scott Centenary Exhibition”
26 January – 6 May 2013To mark the centenary of his birth, Tate St Ives, The Hepworth Wakefield and the Ulster Museum, Belfast, will hold a major touring exhibition in his honour. It opens at Tate St Ives on 26 January 2013, developed with the support of the William Scott Foundation. Continue reading “William Scott Exhibition Opens at Tate St Ives”
11 – 14 October 2012McCaffrey Fine Art is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of paintings by the renowned British artist William Scott (1913-1989) at Frieze Masters. The exhibition will be on view in Regent’s Park from 11-14 October and will feature 10 large format works dated from 1965-1980. Continue reading “McCaffrey Fine Art’s William Scott solo exhibition at Frieze Masters”
Tate St Ives: 26 January – 6 May 2013
Hepworth Wakefield: 25 May – 29 September 2013
Ulster Museum, Belfast: 25 October 2013 – 2 February 2014 Continue reading “William Scott Touring Centenary Exhibition”
The World We Live In celebrates 40 years of the Turnpike Gallery with works by 24 artists specially selected from the Arts Council Collection. Continue reading “The World We Live In”
In 1953 whilst in New York William Scott met Rothko, the first British artist to do so. They became close friends and when Rothko came to Britain in 1959 he stayed with William Scott’s family in their cottage in Somerset. Continue reading “Rothko in Britain”
This exhibition features over 88 works drawn solely from the State Art Collection of the Art Gallery of Western Australia including William Scott’s Busbies, 1953 and Benbecula, 1962. Continue reading “Plates, Blocks & Stones: Five Centuries of International Prints”
Opening on the 17th June, the University of Virginia Art Museum’s exhibition New Images, New Techniques Abstraction in British Screenprints circa 1970 features prints by prominent British artists from the University’s extensive permanent collection. Continue reading “New Images, New Techniques Abstraction in British Screenprints circa 1970”
Tom Alexander, who died in 2000, moved to the Isle of Arran in 1947. After having successfully set up a shop with his brother, he wanted to do something ‘public spirited’ and joined the Officers Emergency Army Reserve. Continue reading “The £40 Art Collection”
Focusing on the innovative and the experimental, The Moderns, will explore the development of modernity in Ireland through the visual arts in the period between 1900 to 1975. Continue reading “The Moderns”