William Scott: Paintings Drawings And Gouaches 1938–71
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Published to accompany the landmark 1972 Tate Gallery retrospective, William Scott: Paintings Drawings and Gouaches 1938–71 presents a sweeping survey of one of Britain's most celebrated post-war abstract painters. Written by renowned art critic and Tate director Alan Bowness, the catalogue chronicles Scott's evolution from figurative still-life compositions to the bold, reduced abstractions that secured his international reputation, tracing the visual language of pots, pans, and simple domestic forms distilled into pure geometric tension. Scott's work occupies a singular position in 20th-century British art, bridging the gestural freedoms of the New York School — with whom he had direct contact — and a distinctly European sensibility rooted in the tradition of Braque and Matisse. Bowness writes with authoritative clarity, illuminating the structural rigour and chromatic restraint that define Scott's mature canvases. For collectors, scholars, and admirers of mid-century abstraction, this catalogue remains an essential document — and a reminder of just how much formal power can reside in the simplest of shapes.
Author: Alan Bowness
Format: Paperback
Published: 1972, The Tate Gallery
Genre: History of arts
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
Published to accompany the landmark 1972 Tate Gallery retrospective, William Scott: Paintings Drawings and Gouaches 1938–71 presents a sweeping survey of one of Britain's most celebrated post-war abstract painters. Written by renowned art critic and Tate director Alan Bowness, the catalogue chronicles Scott's evolution from figurative still-life compositions to the bold, reduced abstractions that secured his international reputation, tracing the visual language of pots, pans, and simple domestic forms distilled into pure geometric tension. Scott's work occupies a singular position in 20th-century British art, bridging the gestural freedoms of the New York School — with whom he had direct contact — and a distinctly European sensibility rooted in the tradition of Braque and Matisse. Bowness writes with authoritative clarity, illuminating the structural rigour and chromatic restraint that define Scott's mature canvases. For collectors, scholars, and admirers of mid-century abstraction, this catalogue remains an essential document — and a reminder of just how much formal power can reside in the simplest of shapes.