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Patrick Scott rose to prominence as an Irish artist in the late 1950s, winning praise for his avant-garde methods.[1] In 1953, he and Louis le Brocquy established the Signa Design Consultancy, a centre for innovative problems. Scott's artistic ability was evident when he was tasked with developing a CIÉ train livery.[2] He drew inspiration from his cat, Miss Mouse, which influenced the distinctive horizontal stripes of colour on train carriages for decades. Concurrently, Scott worked as a set designer for travelling shows such as "Playboy of the Western World" by JM Synge. His connection with American painter Morris Graves, who relocated to Ireland in 1955, influenced his developed aesthetic viewpoint. Despite not having studied Zen formally, Graves captured Scott's intuition in later works such as his paintings of the "Solar Device," which addressed the diffuse light over the midland bogs. Scott was a key architect who contributed significantly to the growth of Busáras by creating notable mosaics.[3] His 1958 work "Woman carrying grasses" secured him a place at the Guggenheim International Award exhibition alongside five other Irish artists, an unprecedented achievement for an Irish artist now in the field. Debates were sparked in 1959 by Scott's avant-garde approach at the Irish Exhibition of Living Art, particularly in "Girl carrying grasses." An important turning point came when he won the national prize at the 1960 Guggenheim International Award, which allowed him to freely represent Ireland at the XXX Venice Biennale.[4]

Scott studied and graduated from the University College of Dublin.

Scott's varied body of work was typified by his self-taught, experimental style, which was influenced by Morris Graves and Zen Buddhism. He produced large-scale tapestries in the mid-1960s that were influenced by Zen art, as well as "gold paintings" that featured geometric shapes covered in gold leaf. In the 1970s and 80s, he created "rainbow rugs" and silk screen prints for Kilkenny Design Workshops in addition to series like Pyre, Object, and Fount.[5] His 1980s trips to China and Japan had an impact on pieces such as "Chinese landscape." Exhibited in 'Paintings and tables for meditation,' May 1991, the tables are made of ash wood adorned with circular mandala patterns. Scott continued his artistic journey into the 1990s, which culminated in the documentary "Patrick Scott: Golden" and a 2002 retrospective.

  1. ^ Evers, Liz. "Scott, Patrick". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  2. ^ Dunne, Aidan (14 February 2014). "Scott of the aesthetic: 70 years of golden art". Irish Times. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  3. ^ Gallery, Butler. "Patrick Scott (1921–2014)". Butler Gallery. BG. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Patrick Scott 1921–2014". IMMA. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Patrick Scott: meditations". Crawford Art Gallery. Retrieved 10 November 2023.