Brown and White Related
Creator
William Scott
Title
Brown and White Related
Date
1972
Description
William Scott
Silkscreen Print
Bowman Hall 310
Silkscreen Print
Bowman Hall 310
Subject
Abstract
Identifier
SCO.17.0923
MAF-82.25.PR
MAF-82.25.PR
Format
Color Serigraph, on Paper
Framed, Light Wood
Framed, Light Wood
Coverage
William Scott (1913, Greenock, Scotland – 1989, Somerset, England)
William Scott was an influential abstract painter and printmaker. He attended the Belfast School of Art from 1928 - 1931 as a painter and later the Royal Academy of art from 1931 – 1935. In 1966 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to the arts.
In 1942 Scott joined the army serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corp, as well as serving as a lithographic draughtsman with the Royal Engineers. Throughout World War II he continued to paint and exhibit his work. After leaving the army in 1946 Scott became Senior Painting Master at the Bath Academy of Art. His work was mainly still lives, which eventually moved to abstraction. Still lives, landscapes, and nude figures continued to be in his work, but throughout his career he explored the space between abstraction and figuration.
After his death from Alzheimer’s disease in 1989 his work continues to be exhibited globally. His son James Scott made the film Every Picture Tells A Story which explored Scott’s early life.
“I am an abstract artist in the sense that I abstract. I cannot be called non-figurative while I am still interested in the modern magic of space, primitive sex forms, the sensual and the erotic, disconcerting contours, the things of life.” – William Scott
William Scott was an influential abstract painter and printmaker. He attended the Belfast School of Art from 1928 - 1931 as a painter and later the Royal Academy of art from 1931 – 1935. In 1966 he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contribution to the arts.
In 1942 Scott joined the army serving with the Royal Army Ordnance Corp, as well as serving as a lithographic draughtsman with the Royal Engineers. Throughout World War II he continued to paint and exhibit his work. After leaving the army in 1946 Scott became Senior Painting Master at the Bath Academy of Art. His work was mainly still lives, which eventually moved to abstraction. Still lives, landscapes, and nude figures continued to be in his work, but throughout his career he explored the space between abstraction and figuration.
After his death from Alzheimer’s disease in 1989 his work continues to be exhibited globally. His son James Scott made the film Every Picture Tells A Story which explored Scott’s early life.
“I am an abstract artist in the sense that I abstract. I cannot be called non-figurative while I am still interested in the modern magic of space, primitive sex forms, the sensual and the erotic, disconcerting contours, the things of life.” – William Scott
Source
Gift of Martin Ackerman Foundation
Physical Dimensions
22 7/8" x 30 1/2"
Original Format
print- silkscreen
Files
Collection
Citation
William Scott, “Brown and White Related,” Furlong Gallery, accessed November 3, 2026, https://www.furlonggallery.net/items/show/90.