biography of William Edouard SCOTT (1884-1964)
Birth place: Indianapolis, IN
Addresses: Chicago, IL/Indianapolis, IN
Profession: Painter, illustrator, decorator
Studied: AIC with J. Vanderpoel; Acad. Julian, Paris, 1913; Acad. Colarossi Acad.; H.O. Tanner in Paris.
Exhibited: Royal Acad., London, 1912; Indiana State Fair, 1914; Paris Salons; Cincinnati Mus.; San Diego Mus.; LACMA; Port-au-Prince, 1931 (solo); Johannesburg, Africa; Harmon Found., 1927 (gold med.),1928, 1931, 1933, traveling exh., 1934-35; AIC, 1932; Smithonian Inst., 1933; New Jersey State Mus., 1935; Findlay Gals.s, Chicago, 1935; Texas Centennial, 1936; Am. Negro Expo, Chicago, 1940; South Side Community AC, Chicago, 1941, 1945; Howard Univ., 1945; James A. Porter Gal., 1970; Chicago Art Lg. (prizes). Awards: Legion of Honor, Govt. of Haiti; Frederick Manus Brand Prize (twice); Rosenwald Fellow, 1931; Jesse Binga Prize, 1931; James McVeagh Prize, 1931.
Member: Chicago Art Lg.; Hoosier Salon; AIC, Alumni Assn.
Work: murals: Evanston, IL; Herron Al, Indianapolis; Ft. Wayne (IN) Court House; Lafayette (IN) Court House; Springfield (IL) State House; schools, Inst. West Virginia, Charleston; First Presbyterian Church, Chicago; Chicago Defender Newspaper Lobby; Binga State Bank, Chicago; Anthony Hotel, Ft. Wayne; Edwardsville (IL) Nat. Bank; South Park Methodist Episcopal Church, Chicago; Paris Salon; RA, London; First Nat. Bank and H.S., Michigan City, IN; Peoples Finance Corp. Bank, St. Louis; Tuley Park, Davis Sq., Standford Park Field House, all in Chicago; murals, John Shoop School, Betsy Ross Jr. H.S., Chicago; Argentine Gov.; Port-Au-Prince, Haiti; Century of Progress Expo, Chicago; Cook County Juvenile Court, Chicago; YMCA, Indianapolis: 135th St. Branch, NYPL; 135th St. Branch, YMCA, NYC; Munic. Tuberculosis Sanitarium, Chicago; City Hospital, Indianapolis; murals, Pilgrim Baptist Church, Bethesda Baptist Church, Metropolitan Community Center, Chicago
Sources: WW40; Gerdts, Art Across America, vol. 2: 271; Cederholm, Afro-American Artists.
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