Ian Christopher Scott New Zealand, 1945-2013
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About Ian Christopher Scott
A New Zealand artist, Ian Scott was born in 1945. He studied at the Elam School of Art from 1964 to 1967. Scott began as a figurative painter in the 1960s, gradually evolving to an abstract style in the 1970s and returning to figurative work in the late 1980s.
Ian Scott is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1978 of 666, of which 498 (75%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $127,210 for Five Miniskirts - 1969 - 70 sold by International Art Centre in August 2022. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Ian Scott are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Ian Christopher Scott is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 228
- 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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