William Scott CBE RA (1913-1989)
British Artist
7 July marks the anniversary of the birth of Mary, William Scott’s wife. Muse, mother, wife, secretary, hostess – while it is true that she performed all of these roles with grace and skill, the picture we have of Mary too often ignores her own work as an artist. Continue reading “Archive Blog – July 2015”
What is a Catalogue Raisonné? What is involved in compiling one? How might the different tasks – tracing the provenance, preparing the bibliography – be tackled? How might the work of artists working in non-traditional media be catalogued? How might the project be funded? Continue reading “The William Scott Foundation at the 2015 CRSA conference, New York”
During the 1950s, with London still endeavouring to recover from the war, a group of painters gathered around the Cornish harbour town of St Ives and formed the nucleus of avant-garde art in Britain. Continue reading “The Artists of St Ives”
As the exhibition Barbara Hepworth: Sculpture for a Modern World opens at Tate Britain, it seemed a good time to look at some of the material relating to Hepworth held in the William Scott Archive. Continue reading “Archive Blog – June 2015”
In a recent article in the Telegraph, Claire Wrathall described the art gracing the walls of the elegant Merrion Hotel in Dublin as, ‘one of the most important privately owned collections of Irish art.’ [Telegraph, 10 June 2015 www.telegraph.co.uk]. Continue reading “Art at the Merrion, Dublin”
From paintings by William Scott to rare examples of Belleek Pottery, enjoy this showcase of treasures on tour during a major development programme at Enniskillen Castle. This is the first touring exhibition from the new Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. Continue reading “Treasures from the Castle: Highlights from Fermanagh County Museum’s collections”
Dark-haired gondoliers, sunlight glinting on the water, the graceful curved arches of the Doge’s Palace – just some of the memories of Venice captured in a series of black-and-white photographs in the William Scott Archive. Continue reading “Archive Blog – May 2015”
On 19 May 1937, William Scott married Mary Lucas at Chelsea Register Office on the King’s Road, London. Continue reading “Archive Blog – May 2015”
The Art of a Nation is the first major exhibition in London for 30 years that celebrates the story of Irish art from 1900 to the present day. Continue reading “The Art of a Nation”
This Friday, 8 May, marks the 70th anniversary of VE Day (Victory in Europe Day). Although it was not the end of the war altogether – fighting would continue in the Far East and Pacific until Japan’s surrender in August 1945 – after six years of war in which millions had died, VE Day was at least – as Winston Churchill phrased it – a ‘day off’. Continue reading “Archive Blog – May 2015”