William Scott CBE RA (1913-1989)
British Artist
The 45 foot long mural painted by William Scott in 1959-1961 for the Altnagelvin Hospital is currently on display in the New Art New Nature – Irish and International Art 1945 – 2014 exhibition at Ulster Museum, Belfast until Summer 2015. Continue reading “The Altnagevin mural now on show at the Ulster Museum”
10 September 2014 – 18 February 2015The exhibition British Invasionshowcases the Bechtler’s holdings of artwork created by British artists such as William Scott, Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Bridget Riley. Works include lithographs, drawings, sculpture and paintings. Continue reading “British Invasion at the Bechtler”
Frances Spalding discusses the modern ‘cool’ of Lund Humphries’ 1964 monograph on William Scott, edited and introduced by Alan Bowness, with contributions from Michel Ragon and Werner Schmalenbach and reflects on the cementing of the artist’s style in the preceding decade. Continue reading “Lund Humphries Landmarks – William Scott: Paintings”
Recently, members of the Guggenheim Museum’s Library and Archives and Department of Photographic Services worked together to digitize select scrapbooks created by Peggy Guggenheim. Continue reading “Digitizing Peggy Guggenheim’s Scrapbooks”
William Scott’s lithograph Still Life – Three Pears and a Pan, 1955 is the Pallant House Gallery’s artwork of the month for August 2014. Continue reading “Still Life – Three Pears and a Pan, 1955 is Artwork of the Month”
Inspired by the work of William Scott, this is a unique exhibition of original work created by a group of Action on Hearing Loss artists. Each participated in a ground-breaking project created as part of the Action on Hearing Loss, Educational Day Services Inspirational Programme. Continue reading “Simple Beauty The William Scott Project”
21 March 2014Congratulations to the Royal Academy Enterprise who won the Best Licensed Product Award for the William Scott rug at the ACE Conference on 21 March 2014.
The rug can be purchased here:
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A publication that will now be kept at Fermanagh County Museum gives unrivalled insight into the life and work of an Enniskillen painter who became one the most internationally celebrated artists of 20th century to come from this part of the world. Continue reading “Publication paints an unrivalled insight into William Scott life story”
McCaffrey Fine Art will be showing a selection of William Scott works at this years Art Basel Miami Beach. Continue reading “McCaffrey Fine Art: Art Basel Miami Beach”
Over 80 local school children were brought by Enniskillen Castle: Fermanagh County Museum and the William Scott Foundation to the William Scott exhibition at the Ulster Museum, Belfast in December 2013 as part of the artist’s centenary celebrations. Continue reading “Fermanagh children follow in the artistic footsteps of a Local Great”