Charles Hepburn Scott
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Charles Hepburn Scott (29 November 1886 – 1964) was a Scottish-born Canadian artist.
Early Life
Scott was born in Loudoun, Ayr, to Robert Hepburn and Jean (neé Carmichael) Scott.[1]
Career
Scott was a student at Glasgow School of Art from 1903 to 1909, where he studied both drawing and painting while working as a letter artist and art teacher.[2] After graduating from the Glasgow school of art in 1909, he emigrated to Canada in 1912, where he was appointed as Art Supervisor for Calgary Schools. Eventually, Scott settled in Vancouver in 1914, working as Art Supervisor for Vancouver Schools.[3] After the outbreak of World War I, Scott enlisted in the Canadian Force, serving overseas from 1915 to 1918.[4] After the war, he returned to British Colombia where, in 1919, his belief in the importance of a community's cultural consciousness lead him to become a founding member of the British Colombian Arts League. As part of this group, Scott helped to lobby for the establishment of an art school and gallery in Vancouver, neither of which existed in the city prior to that time.[5]
In 1935 the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Art (later the Vancouver School of Art and currently the Emily Carr University of Art and Design) opened its doors; Scott served as principal of the school from 1926 until 1952.[6] During his tenure, he attracted notable artists like Jock Macdonald and Fred Varley to teach at the school. Scott's contribution to the city's cultural community was not limited to the school: in 1931, he joined Henry A. Stone, one of the founders of the as yet unopened Vancouver Art Gallery, on an overseas trip. During this trip, the two acquired 113 works of art, which would become the foundation for the Art Gallery's permanent collection when it opened to the public later that year.[7]
While working for the Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Art, Scott continued to produce his own work. It was during this time that the artist painted Alfresco(1933), Portrait of Melvin, and Morning Tea, each of which focus on his life in Vancouver, featuring his home, family, and garden.[8] His art also frequently featured the BC landscape, as he found time to paint and sketch outdoors while on Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Art's regular summer camps. He also occasionally accompanied Macdonald and Varley on sketching trips to Garibaldi during this time.[9]
Death and legacy
Scott died in Vancouver in 1964 at the age of 78.[10] He is listed on The Glasgow School of Art's World War One Roll of Honour.[11] The Vancouver Art Gallery holds many of his notable works, including Alfresco..[12]
Further Reading
- http://www.british-columbia-artists.ca/scott.pdf
- Charles Hepburn Scott. Vancouver: Intermedia Press, 1974
- Drawings of the B. C. Coast. Vancouver: Wrigley Painting, 1932
- 100 Years of B. C. Art. Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1958
- The Thirties. Burnaby: Burnaby Art Gallery, 1971
References
- ^ "GSA Catalogue Entry". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "GSA Catalogue Entry". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Canadian Heritage Information Network".
- ^ "Scott, Charles Hepburn" (PDF). BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS. SIM PUBLISHING. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
- ^ "Canadian Heritage Information Network".
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Publication" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Publication" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Publication" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Publication" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Publication" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "GSA Catalogue Entry". Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Publication" (PDF). Retrieved 18 September 2015.