Composition with Blue and Black

Artist William Scott (Greenock, Scotland, 1913 - 1989)

Date1959

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsOverall: Height: 101.5 cm, Width: 127 cm
Frame: Height: 106.5 cm, Width: 131 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1970 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions and with income from the Macdonald Bequest.

LocationOn Display - Gallery 17

Object numberABDAG003868

Keywords

About MeWilliam Scott first visited St. Ives in 1936 and after the war he spent several summers in Cornwall. By then he had established an international reputation as an artist.

This painting may appear abstract but the simple flat shapes in the composition have evolved from still life. The artist has progressively become more and more interested in the formal concerns of his composition, rather than in the original subject of the work. The arrangement of colour and shape and the texture of the paint surface, are important factors, as the picture's title illustrates.

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The simple flat shapes possibly evolved from still life, but the artist seems to be concentrating on colour, form and surface texture in this rather abstract composition.

Exhibitions

Gallery 17 - Abstract Art