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
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Books & Publications (33)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Chicago Modern 1893-1945: Pursuit of the New (Exhibition catalog)
2004
Kennedy, Elizabeth (Editor)
176 pages (color)
Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance 2 volumes
2004
Wintz, Carry and Paul Finkelman (Editors)
1,341 pages (color)
Art for the People: WPA Murals in Chicago Public Schools, 1904-1943
2002
Becker, Heather
256 pages (color)
The Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Scultors & Engravers
2002
Creps, Bob
1,629 pages
A Guide to Chicago's Murals
2001
Gray, Mary Lachritz; F Schulze
488 pages (color)
Early Art and Artists in West Virginia
2000
Cuthbert, John A.
301 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
African American Art: The Long Struggle
1998
Britton, Crystal
128 pages (color)
African American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1994
San Antonio Museum of Art
67 pages (color)
A History-African-American Artists From 1792 to the Present
1993
Bearden, Romare/Harry Henderson
542 pages (color)
A Grand Tradition: The Art and Artists of the Hoosier Salon, 1925-1990
1993
Newton, Judith/Carol Weiss
479 pages
The Black Artist in America: An Index to Reproductions
1991
Thomison, Dennis
395 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
African American Artists 1880-1987 Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection
1989
McElroy, Guy C (others)
125 pages (color)
Against the Odds African-American Artists and the Harmon Foundation (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Reynolds, Gary/Beryl J Wright
298 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
TANNER-HARPER-SCOTT (Evans-Tibbs Collection)
1985
Editor
18 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
Encyclopedia of Black America
1981
Low, Augustus & Clift, Virgil
921 pages
Art: African American
1978
Lewis, Samella
246 pages (color)
Two Centuries of Black American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Driskell, David C
221 pages (color)
Afro-American Artists: A Bio-Bibliographical Directory
1973
Cederholm, Theresa Dickason
348 pages
The Afro-American Artist A Search for Identity
1973
Fine, Elsa Honig
310 pages (color)
A Biographical Dictionary of Painters and Sculptors in Illinois
1971
Sparks, Esther
730 pages
Modern Negro Art
1943
Porter, James A
272 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1940-1941, Volume III Contemporary American Artists
1940
Ball, Charlotte (editor)
790 pages
American Negro Exposition 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1940
Editor
66 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
1932 Black Artists Exhibition Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)