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.
Name
James Fraser Scott
Also known as:
  • James F. Scott
  • James Scott
  • J. F. Scott
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Australian war artist (ANZSIC code: 7600)
  • illustrator (ANZSIC code: 6924)
  • painter (ANZSIC code: 9002)
Birth date
24 September 1877
Birth place
Roslyn, Dunedin, New Zealand
Birth note
Year sometimes given as 1878 by artist, other sources cite 1879.
Death date
25 April 1932
Death place
St Thomas's Hospital, Lambeth, London, England, UK
Burial place
Streatham Park Cemetery, Rowan Road. Streatham, London, SW16 5JG., UK
Death note
Grave No 25339 in Sq 20
Active Period
  • 1919 - 1932
  • 1917 - 1919
  • 1894 - 1932
Arrival
  • 1908
Residence
  • c.1901 - c.1902 Italy
  • c.1901 Belgium
  • c.1926 - c.1932 5 St. Oswald's Studios, Sedlescombe Road, West Brompton, London, England, UK
  • c.1922 Willaston, Weybridge, England, UK
  • c.1920 3 Clifton Hill Studios, N.W.8., London, England, UK
  • c.1919 87 Clifton Hill, N.W.8., London, England, UK
  • c.1900 - c.1901 77 Amalienstraße, Munich, Germany
  • c.1911 - c.1916 Gawler Street, Adelaide, SA
  • c.1908 - c.1911 Narrabeen, Sydney, NSW
  • c.1906 - c.1907 Wellington, NZ
  • c.1902 - c.1906 The Octagon, Dunedin, NZ (Apparently Scott worked in a studio facing the Octagon, on the George street side, opposite his father's store on the Princes Street side. )
  • c.1878 - c.1898 Roslyn (Kaikorai), Dunedin, NZ
  • c.1898 Paris, France
  • c.1919 - c.1920 St John's Wood, London, England, UK
  • 1916 - 1919 France
  • 1908 - 1916 Australia
Training
  • c.1900 - c.1901 Academy of Arts (Akademie der Bildenden Künste München), Munich, Germany
  • c.1896 - c.1897 Dunedin School of Art, NZ
  • c.1898 - c.1899 Académie Julian, Paris, France
Languages
  • English