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Born 1956 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Known for: Abstract botanical painting.
Bill Scott's paintings lie within the cultural continuum of the Philadelphia colorist tradition, passed on to him and his contemporaries through mentors such as painters Quita Brodhead and Jane... Read full biography
Bill Scott's paintings lie within the cultural continuum of the Philadelphia colorist tradition, passed on to him and his contemporaries through mentors such as painters Quita Brodhead and Jane Piper, who were themselves students of Arthur B. Carles, the pioneer of Philadelphia modernism. Also a... Read full biography
Bill Scott's paintings lie within the cultural continuum of the Philadelphia colorist tradition, passed on to him and his contemporaries through mentors such as painters Quita Brodhead and Jane Piper, who were themselves students of Arthur B. Carles, the pioneer of Philadelphia modernism. Also a student of the recognized abstractionist Joan Mitchell, Scott fuses his local artistic heritage together with the raw energy embedded in her abstractions. It is this unique combination of... Read full biography
Bill Scott's paintings lie within the cultural continuum of the Philadelphia colorist tradition, passed on to him and his contemporaries through mentors such as painters Quita Brodhead and Jane Piper, who were themselves students of Arthur B. Carles, the pioneer of Philadelphia modernism. Also a student of the recognized abstractionist Joan Mitchell, Scott fuses his local artistic heritage together with the raw energy embedded in her abstractions. It is this unique combination of influences—including abstract compositions, saturated color, calligraphic line, large scale, and pure vitality—that drive Scott's paintings and instill them with expressive spirit. The underlying geometry of brilliantly colored patchworks in Scott's paintings... Read full biography
Bill Scott's paintings lie within the cultural continuum of the Philadelphia colorist tradition, passed on to him and his contemporaries through mentors such as painters Quita Brodhead and Jane Piper, who were themselves students of Arthur B. Carles, the pioneer of Philadelphia modernism. Also a student of the recognized abstractionist Joan Mitchell, Scott fuses his local artistic heritage together with the raw energy embedded in her abstractions. It is this unique combination of influences—including abstract compositions, saturated color, calligraphic line, large scale, and pure vitality—that drive Scott's paintings and instill them with expressive spirit. The underlying geometry of brilliantly colored patchworks in Scott's paintings evokes the sensations and textures of collage. Complementing these blocks of color are often overlying, dark lines... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Expressionism
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Color Field Painting
Art Teacher
- •Joan Mitchell
Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •Adolph and Clara Obrig Prize, National Academy of Design
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
Exhibition of Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, New York