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William Scott

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'William Scott remains faithful to an idea of what enbach adds. in German. the accolade of a percipient
painting could and should be. The external of his art critic and gallery director. To the imposing list of Lund
may vary, but at heart the message is the same. The Humphrey Books on British artists which includes major
statement that he made nearly twenty years ago sti Ii volumes on Moore. Nicholson and Sutherland. William
holds true: "I find beauty in plainness, in a conception Scott provides a magnificent addition. G. s. WHITTET ■
which is precise. . . A simple idea which to the
observer in its intensity must inevitably shock and
leave a concrete image in the mind".'
Since 1953 the British Council has shown William
Scott abroad consistently. Up to the moment of writing
there are no plans afoot to show him in the large retro­
spective he deserves at the Whitechapel or the Tate
(or indeed at the Royal Academy which he surely merits
as an 'Old Boy· of its schools).
William Scott has gained recognition abroad. largely
in the U.S.A. and Germany. Michel Ragon. well-known
Parisian critic. writes a critical appreciation in French
and regrets that Scott has not been honoured by a Paris
show but surely overlooking the exhibition held at
Galerie Anderson-Meyer in late 1963. Werner Schmal-
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