About Adam Sherriff Scott

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    Adam Sherriff Scott RCA (1887 - 1980)

    Adam Sherriff Scott was a painter, printmaker, illustrator, muralist and educator. Dozens of his works are in Canadian museums.

    He was born in Perth, Scotland and died in Montreal (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue), Quebec, Canada where he had lived since 1915. He had first emigrated to Brandon, Manitoba in about 1911 and also lived in Calgary, Alberta before moving to Montreal. (1)

    His mediums were oil, fresco, watercolor, ink, graphite, pastel, crayon, etching* and lithograph*. His subjects were portraits, still life, landscapes, seascapes, buildings, nudes, genre*, allegory*, Indians, Eskimos (Inuit) and historic events. His style was Realism*. AskART have som...

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