136:
Scott’s artworks blur the boundaries between abstraction and representation. Drawing from both nature and imagination, the paintings are not expressions of tangible realities but rather "ephemeral remembrances". Exploration of color and form stands at the core of Scott’s work, where blocks of color,
140:
The paintings rely on extremely vivid color palettes, applied in fields of color that evoke both urban and pastoral scenes. In this sense, Scott’s work continues the tradition of abstracted landscapes mastered by aestheticist artists such as
Whistler. The artist continually turns to
160:(1869–1954). In paintings of the past decade their works imprint themselves directly onto Scott’s own work, whereby he translates formal qualities of these master’s works onto abstract and colorful canvases.
152:
In the past decade many of Scott’s artworks display direct engagement with specific historical paintings by artists of particular significance to his own artistic development such as
587:
582:
577:
110:
31:
430:
at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (September 15, 2017–March 18, 2018) and Bryn Mawr College, September 28, 2017–January 28, 2018)
592:
90:, both in Philadelphia. In 2016 an exhibition devoted to his intaglio prints was presented by Philadelphia’s Cerulean Arts Gallery.
149:
for his subjects, stating that "underbrush and floral subjects have long been recurrent-if not paramount-to my painted imagery."
296:
128:. Since 2011 he is a board member and chair of the Collections Committee at Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia.
124:
In 1991, in memory of his parents, Scott donated a collection of works on paper by contemporary women artists to
79:
71:
427:
233:
106:
415:
602:
67:
153:
87:
531:
423:
597:
549:
326:
137:
patterns and line are overlapped to form dynamic compositions that appear visually akin to collage.
114:
540:
389:
83:
125:
57:
and painted in her studio. After
Mitchell died, he wrote an appreciation of her published in
558:
475:, (New Jersey: Montclair Art Museum), February 5–June 18, 2017, pp. 79-88, Scott’s painting,
118:
338:
507:
Two
Centuries of American Still-Life Painting: The Frank and Michelle Hevrdejs Collection
271:
180:
526:
102:
59:
571:
471:
Stavitsky, Gail. 'Matisse and
Contemporary American Art,' in the exhibition catalog,
157:
50:
46:
205:
75:
54:
70:
prints with the C.R. Ettinger Studio and in 2004 was awarded a grant from the
35:
27:
121:
organized an exhibition including 22 of his works dating from 1997 to 2017.
94:
488:
Zarobell, John. 'Form Reveal’s Art Secret: The Recent Work of Bill Scott,'
363:
98:
23:
516:, Exhibition Catalogue (Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum, 2010), 22.
462:, Exhibition Catalogue (Philadelphia: Woodmere Art Museum: 2010), 22.
30:
who works and lives in
Philadelphia. Scott studied painting at the
327:
https://hyperallergic.com/345558/bill-scotts-bittersweet-fictions/
146:
142:
42:
509:(Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2016), pp. 134–136, 280-281.
527:
Bill Scott Full
Biography and Images - Hollis Taggart Galleries
22:(born 1956 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) is a contemporary abstract
101:, and intaglio prints are in public collections including the
175:
173:
53:(1925–1992). In subsequent years he stayed at her home in
228:
226:
541:Jennifer Samet, 'Beer with a Painter: Bill Scott,'
492:, (New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2011), 8.
446:, (New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2016), 5.
550:Stan Mir, 'Bill Scott’s Bittersweet Fictions,'
390:"Bill Scott, "Landscape with Trees III" (2006)"
321:Stan Mir. 'Bill Scott’s Bittersweet Fictions,'
8:
442:Rosenfeld, Jason. 'Bill Scott: Refulgence',
156:(1841–1914), Berthe Morisot (1841–1895) and
78:. He has made commissioned etchings for the
34:from rom 1974 to 1979, and with the painter
169:
454:
452:
438:
436:
414:All work in the collection is on the
394:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
111:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
32:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
7:
512:Scott, Bill, 'Artist’s Statement,'
458:Scott, Bill. ‘Artist’s Statement’,
297:"Past Recipients: Arts Fellowships"
261:, vol. 83 (March 1995), pp. 70-77.
14:
559:'Bill Scott’s Sunny Spectacles,'
420:Beyond Boundaries: Feminine Forms
66:Since 1999 Scott has been making
364:"The Gray-Green Bottle: Edition"
74:in support of his work in color
49:abstract expressionist painter
588:20th-century American painters
583:21st-century American painters
578:American contemporary painters
45:on a travel prize, he met the
1:
422:, an exhibition organized by
444:Bill Scott: Imagining Spring
257:'In The Eye of The Tiger,'
185:The Print Club of Cleveland
619:
593:Painters from Pennsylvania
41:In 1980, while living in
473:Matisse and American Art
210:U.S. Department of State
368:Cleveland Museum of Art
301:Independence Foundation
107:Cleveland Museum of Art
80:Print Club of Cleveland
72:Independence Foundation
477:An Aquarium of Flowers
428:Mechella Yezernitskaya
325:, December 17, 2016,
276:C. R. Ettinger Studio
154:Pierre-Auguste Renoir
88:Fleisher Art Memorial
418:; also see catalog:
554:, December 17, 2016
514:Surviving Ourselves
460:Surviving Ourselves
238:Woodmere Art Museum
115:Woodmere Art Museum
479:reproduced page 88
416:collection website
396:. 28 December 2014
505:Gerdts, William.
424:Laurel McLaughlin
370:. 30 October 2018
303:. 31 January 2022
126:Bryn Mawr College
610:
493:
486:
480:
469:
463:
456:
447:
440:
431:
412:
406:
405:
403:
401:
386:
380:
379:
377:
375:
360:
354:
353:
351:
349:
335:
329:
319:
313:
312:
310:
308:
293:
287:
286:
284:
282:
268:
262:
255:
249:
248:
246:
244:
230:
221:
220:
218:
216:
202:
196:
195:
193:
191:
177:
119:Rider University
16:American painter
618:
617:
613:
612:
611:
609:
608:
607:
568:
567:
523:
502:
500:Further reading
497:
496:
487:
483:
470:
466:
457:
450:
441:
434:
413:
409:
399:
397:
388:
387:
383:
373:
371:
362:
361:
357:
347:
345:
337:
336:
332:
320:
316:
306:
304:
295:
294:
290:
280:
278:
270:
269:
265:
256:
252:
242:
240:
232:
231:
224:
214:
212:
204:
203:
199:
189:
187:
179:
178:
171:
166:
134:
17:
12:
11:
5:
616:
614:
606:
605:
600:
595:
590:
585:
580:
570:
569:
566:
565:
556:
547:
538:
534:Art in America
532:'Bill Scott.'
529:
522:
521:External links
519:
518:
517:
510:
501:
498:
495:
494:
481:
464:
448:
432:
407:
381:
355:
343:British Museum
330:
314:
288:
263:
259:Art in America
250:
222:
197:
168:
167:
165:
162:
133:
130:
103:British Museum
60:Art in America
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
615:
604:
603:Living people
601:
599:
596:
594:
591:
589:
586:
584:
581:
579:
576:
575:
573:
564:
562:
557:
555:
553:
548:
546:
544:
543:Hyperallergic
539:
537:
535:
530:
528:
525:
524:
520:
515:
511:
508:
504:
503:
499:
491:
485:
482:
478:
474:
468:
465:
461:
455:
453:
449:
445:
439:
437:
433:
429:
425:
421:
417:
411:
408:
395:
391:
385:
382:
369:
365:
359:
356:
344:
340:
334:
331:
328:
324:
318:
315:
302:
298:
292:
289:
277:
273:
267:
264:
260:
254:
251:
239:
235:
234:"Scott, Bill"
229:
227:
223:
211:
207:
201:
198:
186:
182:
176:
174:
170:
163:
161:
159:
158:Henri Matisse
155:
150:
148:
144:
138:
131:
129:
127:
122:
120:
116:
112:
108:
104:
100:
96:
91:
89:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
64:
62:
61:
56:
52:
51:Joan Mitchell
48:
44:
39:
38:(1916–1991).
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
560:
552:Hyperallegic
551:
542:
533:
513:
506:
489:
484:
476:
472:
467:
459:
443:
419:
410:
398:. Retrieved
393:
384:
372:. Retrieved
367:
358:
346:. Retrieved
342:
339:"Bill Scott"
333:
323:Hyperallegic
322:
317:
305:. Retrieved
300:
291:
279:. Retrieved
275:
272:"Bill Scott"
266:
258:
253:
241:. Retrieved
237:
213:. Retrieved
209:
206:"Bill Scott"
200:
188:. Retrieved
184:
181:"Bill Scott"
151:
139:
135:
123:
92:
84:Print Center
82:and for the
65:
58:
40:
19:
18:
598:1956 births
76:printmaking
572:Categories
490:Bill Scott
400:10 October
374:10 October
348:10 October
307:10 October
281:10 October
243:10 October
215:10 October
190:10 October
164:References
117:. In 2017
36:Jane Piper
28:printmaker
20:Bill Scott
95:paintings
561:Observer
68:intaglio
55:Vétheuil
47:American
99:pastels
24:painter
563:, 2007
545:, 2016
536:. 2012
113:, and
109:, the
147:fauna
143:flora
132:Style
43:Paris
426:and
402:2023
376:2023
350:2023
309:2023
283:2023
245:2023
217:2023
192:2023
145:and
93:His
86:and
26:and
574::
451:^
435:^
392:.
366:.
341:.
299:.
274:.
236:.
225:^
208:.
183:.
172:^
105:,
97:,
63:.
404:.
378:.
352:.
311:.
285:.
247:.
219:.
194:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.