William Scott CBE RA (1913-1989)
British Artist
29 October – 26 November 2013Ten residents from Blair House, a Dementia Care facility in Newtownards, successfully took part in a Live and Learn outreach programme inspired by the William Scott exhibition at the Ulster Museum. Continue reading “Inspired by William Scott – The Live and Learn project”
The centenary of his birth has been marked by major retrospectives in leading galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, at Denenberg Fine Arts in Los Angeles, at Tate St Ives and The Hepworth Wakefield. Continue reading “William Scott Centenary Exhibition”
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A day in which the unique language of William Scott’s work will be explored through presentations by and discussions with a range of eminent Scott experts, including representatives from Tate Britain and the William Scott Archive and James Scott, introducing his film about his father. Continue reading “William Scott Study Day”
25 October 2013 – 2 February 2014The Ulster Museum marks the centenary of the birth of William Scott (1913-1989) with this major retrospective. Continue reading “William Scott at the Ulster Museum”
To mark the centenary of William Scott’s birth, Fermanagh County Museum has organised an exciting and innovative schools project which will culminate in an exhibition of the Museum’s collection of paintings by Scott. Continue reading “Pupils interpret William Scott paintings for innovative project”
A recording, that William Scott made of a lecture he prepared for a British Council tour of his work, has been discovered. Because the slides survives, we are able to reconstruct something quite special and unique: a one-off event in the Council Chamber in the Guildhall. Continue reading “William Scott Exhibition View and Lecture”
10 September – 26 October 2013As a part of the centennial celebrations of the birth of William Scott (1913–1989), McCaffrey Fine Art is proud to present Domestic Forms, an exhibition of late paintings created between 1976 and 1986. Continue reading “William Scott: Domestic Forms. Late Paintings, 1976–86”
A film on William Scott made in collaboration with the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath and a group of A2 students from Chew Valley School. This short documentary film was funded by the Heritage Lottery, and will be shown as part of the exhibition in the gallery. Continue reading “William Scott Documentary”
7 September – 17 November 2013Bath’s most famous painter since Gainsborough, William Scott lived for most of his life near Bath, first at Elm Tree Cottage, Hallatrow (1946-65) and later at Bennetts Hill Farm, Coleford (1965-89). Continue reading “William Scott: Simplicity and Subject”
An exhibition of post-war British art held by the Arts Council Collection will be shown at the Gallery at Norwich University of the Arts this summer. Continue reading “Afteryears: Reflections on British Art 1946-52”