Black Woman
Type:Drawing
Year:1930
Size:6.00" x 5.00" x 1.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Signed by William E Scott
William Edouard Scott ART FOR SALE
1884 Indianapolis, Indiana - 1964 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Portrait, mural, genre-Haiti and landscape painting.
William Edouard Scott was born on March 11, 1884 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The son of Caroline Russell and Edward Miles Scott, William enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle thanks to his father's... Read full biography
William Edouard Scott was born on March 11, 1884 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The son of Caroline Russell and Edward Miles Scott, William enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle thanks to his father's employment in the wholesale grocery business and the relatively small size of his family (Hardman 100). Scott... Read full biography
William Edouard Scott was born on March 11, 1884 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The son of Caroline Russell and Edward Miles Scott, William enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle thanks to his father's employment in the wholesale grocery business and the relatively small size of his family (Hardman 100). Scott was one of only two children. The environment in which the young Scott grew up lent him "a kind of strength, stability, and continuity" that was often lacking in African American communities of the... Read full biography
William Edouard Scott was born on March 11, 1884 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The son of Caroline Russell and Edward Miles Scott, William enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle thanks to his father's employment in the wholesale grocery business and the relatively small size of his family (Hardman 100). Scott was one of only two children. The environment in which the young Scott grew up lent him "a kind of strength, stability, and continuity" that was often lacking in African American communities of the same period (Hardman 109). Scott's first formal study of art was with Otto Stark, a Hoosier Group artist and director of Indianapolis's Manual High School art department (Perry). Scott later returned to aid Stark in the school's drawing department... Read full biography
William Edouard Scott was born on March 11, 1884 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The son of Caroline Russell and Edward Miles Scott, William enjoyed a comfortable lifestyle thanks to his father's employment in the wholesale grocery business and the relatively small size of his family (Hardman 100). Scott was one of only two children. The environment in which the young Scott grew up lent him "a kind of strength, stability, and continuity" that was often lacking in African American communities of the same period (Hardman 109). Scott's first formal study of art was with Otto Stark, a Hoosier Group artist and director of Indianapolis's Manual High School art department (Perry). Scott later returned to aid Stark in the school's drawing department after his graduation in 1903—crediting Scott as the first African American to teach in the Indiana... Read full biography
William Edouard Scott - Art for Sale (5 available)
Drawing
Type:Drawing
Year:Circa 1930s
Size:6.00" x 5.00" x 1.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Signed works by artist William E Scott.
Cock Fight
Type:Painting
Size:24.00" x 24.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Oil on canvas, laid down on board. Recently conserved; recent, gilded frame.
Coming Home
Type:Painting
Year:Circa 1940s
Size:30.00" x 40.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
This is a major work of art by a very impressive artist Mr William E Scott. Work of this type is found in galleries across the the world and highly collected.
Negro lady
Type:Drawing
Year:Circa 1930
Size:6.00" x 5.00" x 1.00"
Medium:Watercolor
Signed:Signed and Dated
Notes:
Signed work by William E Scott