James Fraser Scott b. 24 September 1877

Also known as James F. Scott, James Scott, J. F. Scott
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
A New Zealand born artist who had early success as a student in Europe, then worked as a war artist for Australia before setting up a studio in London. Scott is the signed author of an illustration of a waratah in R.T. Baker's The Australian Flora in Applied Art, Technological Museum, Sydney, 1915. Figure I.
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Citations

  • 'Sketch of Scott’, Attributed to Arthur Ernest Streeton (1867-1943). 'This is a sketch of Scott a first world war artist by A. Streeton’ inscribed verso.

    http://leonardjoel.com.au/lot_details.php?lot=4806&view=results&year=2008&offset=0

  • (February 1921), 'Note on James F. Scott, RBA’, London, England, UK : Drawing & Design, .

  • 'Hakena’, Dunedin, NZ : University of Otago Hocken Library website (viewed 2008-12-22)url:, .

  • Collins, R. D. J. (October 1976), 'Dunedin in the Eighteen-nineties’, Auckland, NZ : Art New Zealand, number 2, pp 28-32, .

  • M., W. (18 June 1919), 'Australians at Academy: Remarkable war picture: Soldier artists exhibit’, Melbourne, Vic : Herald, W. M. was possibly William Moore.

  • S., A.G. (25 August 1911), ''247? Pictures! At the Art Society’s exhibition’, Sydney, NSW : Sun, A.G.S. possibly A. G. Stephens (a.k.a. “Bookfellow”).

  • (14 October 1908), 'Society of Artists’, Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald, 14 October presumed date of article.

  • 'Hakena’, Dunedin, NZ : University of Otago Hocken Library, website (viewed 2008-12-22).

    http://hakena.otago.ac.nz

  • (1 October 1908), 'The Royal Art Society, N.S.W.’, Sydney, NSW : Lone Hand, Volume III, Number 6, pp 640-2.

  • Taylor, George A. (12 September 1911), ' “The Picture in the Home.”: What in means to our National status.: Building Australian Art.’, Sydney, NSW : Building, Volume IV, Number 49, pp 85-94.

  • Dolman, Bernard (1929), 'A Dictionary of Contemporary British Artists, 1929 (Who’s who in art)’, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, UK : Antique Collectors’ Club (1981 facsimile).

  • (27 August 1910), 'Royal Art Society: the annual show proves strong’, Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald.

  • (26 November 1918), 'Art from overseas: European school influence’, London, UK : Morning Post.

  • Daplyn, A. J. (25 January 1919), 'Australian artists: at the Royal Academy’, Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald.

  • Camoufleur (1 February 1919), 'Musketeers of brush and pencil with the A.I.F.: Art under fire: The battlefield as studio’, Melbourne, Vic : Herald.

  • (1 May 1919), 'Many Australian artist exhibit at Royal Academy’, Melbourne, Vic : Herald.

  • (27 June 1919), 'Australian art: this year’s Academy’, Sydney, NSW : Sun.

  • (17 July 1919), 'Digger life on canvas: Australian painters busy’, Melbourne, Vic : Herald.

  • (4 March 1920), 'Pictures that did and didn’t shock: Sir William Orpen’s Irish allegory: Australian art’, London, UK : Daily Sketch.

  • Fry, Edith M. (17 June 1920), 'Australian art exhibition in London’, Sydney, NSW : Daily Telegraph.

  • 'Our correspondent’ (26 June 1920), 'Royal Academy pictures: Australian artists’, Melbourne, Vic : Age.

  • 'AWM Collection Record: ART19759’, Canberra, ACT : Australian War Memorial.

  • 'First World War personnel records’, Canberra, ACT : National Archives of Australia.

  • (27 April 1932), 'Artist’s tragic end.: Starving and ill.: Picture accepted by Academy as he dies’, Melbourne, Vic : The Age.

  • 'Special Representative ' (28 April 1932), 'Royal Academy Exhibition: Australian artists well represented; Death thins ranks’, Melbourne, Vic : Herald.

  • (29 April 1932), 'Academy paintings.: Exhibits by Australians’, Brisbane, Qld : Courier.

  • (29 April 1932), 'Royal Academy.: Interesting exhibits.: Australians’ contributions’, Sydney, NSW : Sydney Morning Herald.

  • (29 April 1932), 'The Royal Academy.: Many Australians represented’, Melbourne, Vic : Age.

  • (29 April 1932), 'Royal Academy: Australian exhibits: Biblical subject Sensation: A pathetic story’, Hobart, Tas : Mercury.

  • (30 April 1932), 'Royal Academy.: Australian exhibits.: Representative selection’, Melbourne, Vic : Argus.

  • (3 May 1932), 'Artist’s death in London: Late Mr James Scott’, Dunedin, NZ : Otago Witness.

  • (14 May 1932), 'Royal Academy.: Australian exhibits’, Melbourne, Vic : Australasian.

  • Moore, William (28 May 1932), 'Art and artists.: Art in London’, Brisbane, Qld : Courier.

  • 'Our Correspondent’ (28 May 1932), 'Australian art in London: Royal Academy exhibits’, Melbourne, Vic.

  • Carter, A.C.R. (1933), 'The Year’s Art : 1933’, London, England, UK : Hutchinson.

  • McLintock, A. H. (1940), 'New Zealand Art: A Centennial Exhibition’, Wellington, NZ : New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs.

  • Brown, Gordon H. (1972), 'New Zealand Painting 1900-1920: Traditions and Departures’, Wellington, NZ : Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council / Dunedin, NZ : Hocken Library.

  • (25 August 1997), 'Fine Australian and European Paintings’, Melbourne, Vic : Sotheby’s.

  • (1981), 'Royal Academy exhibitors, 1905-1970’, London, UK : Wakefield, EP Publishing (Volume 5).

  • McGahey, Kate (2000), 'The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists: Painters, Printmakers, Sculptors’, Wellington, NZ : Gilt Edge.

  • Platts, Una (1979), 'Nineteenth century New Zealand artists: a guide & handbook’, Christchurch, NZ : Avon Fine Prints.

  • Kay, Robin; and Eden, Tony (1983), 'Portrait of a century: the history of the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts 1882-1982’, Wellington, NZ : Millwood Press.

  • Reid, John (1977), 'Australian artists at war: compiled from the Australian War Memorial collection’, Melbourne, Vic : Sun Books, volume 1.

  • Moore, William (1934), 'The story of Australian art’, Sydney : Angus & Robertson, (facsimile, 1980), volume 2.

  • McCulloch, Susan; McCulloch Childs, Emily ;and McCulloch, Alan (2006), 'The new McCulloch’s encyclopedia of Australian art’, Melbourne, Vic. : Australian Art Editions & The Miegunyah Press.

  • (20 April 1999), 'Australian and European Paintings’, Sydney, NSW : Lawsons.

  • Fullagar, Col, 'The last resting place of Australian artists’, website (viewed 2008-12-22).

  • Furphy, John (2001), 'Australian art sales digest 2001 edition’, Melbourne, Vic : Acorn Antiques.

  • (4 April 2000), 'Australian and European paintings’, Melbourne, Vic : Leonard Joel.

  • Benezit, Emmanuel (2006), 'Dictionary of artists’, Paris : Grund, volume 12 (English translation).

  • (29 April 1977), 'National art sale 1977: the New Zealand School of Art’, Wellington, NZ : Dunbar Sloane Ltd.

  • Fry, Gavin; and Gray, Anne (1982), 'Masterpieces of the Australian War Memorial’, Adelaide, SA : Rigby, 1982.

  • (10 September 1906), 'N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts: Annual exhibition: Second notice’, Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 61, p 5.

  • (6 June 1906), Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 133, p 8.

  • (4 June 1906), 'Sketch exhibition’, Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 131, p 5.

  • (30 June 1906), 'Technical Education Board’, Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 154, p 2.

  • (14 November 1906), 'The Technical School: Visited by the Industrial Association: Complimentary comments’, Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXII, Issue 117, p 2.

  • (29 June 1907), 'Personal matters’, Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 153, p 5.

  • (5 October 1908), 'Academy of Arts: A popular display: Sculpture and arts crafts’, Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue LXXVI, p 3.

  • (12 October 1907), 'Academy of Arts: An interesting exhibition: First notice’, Wellington, NZ : Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 90, p 9.

  • (1918), 'Dinkum Australian’, Sutton Veny, England, UK : AIF.

  • Elias, Ann (2007), 'War, flowers, and visual culture : the First World War collection of the Australian War Memorial’, Canberra, ACT : Journal of the Australian War Memorial, 40.

    http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j40/elias.asp

  • (25 March 1903), 'Mr J F Scott’s exhibition’, Dunedin, NZ : Otago Witness.

  • Information sourced from: Morrow, Ron: date 7 August 2013

  • Information sourced from Anderson, Colin: date 16 September 2013

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