Hugh Scott Britain, Europe, New Zealand, 1869-1944
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About Hugh Scott
Born in England in 1869, Hugh Scott studied in Florence, brussels, Dresden and Paris at the Julian Academy prior to his arrival in New Zealand in 1904. A painter and teacher he was a director of Bishop Suter Art Gallery and established the Nelson School of Painting and also taught at Nelson College. He was a early mentor to Toss Woollaston and Margory Naylor from the Nelson area. He exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of fine Arts in wellington from 1904 to 1920.
Our database lists 4 works offered for sale at auction by this artist, of which 4 were sold.
Hugh Scott is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 219
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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