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Scottie Wilson Untitled

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c. 1942. Ink and crayon on paper and nicely framed. Very strong piece with excellent colors and imagery. Image: 15 x 15. Frame: 26 x 26. Provenance: Ruth West. Est. $4,000 - $6,000 Ship: $50. Scottie Wilson (1891-1972) Scottie Wilson was born in 1891 in Glasgow, Scotland. He didn’t complete many years of schooling, and while still in his teens joined the Scottish Rifles. Through two terms of military service, he saw France and far-away places such as South Africa and India. Wilson spent his remaining years in Kilburn, an area of northwest London, working in his small lodgings and leading a humble existence. In the early 1950s, he traveled to France at the request of Jean Dubuffet, a leading proponent of the field of outsider art. During this meeting, he also met Pablo Picasso. In the 1960s, Wilson began to create paintings on plates. He was subsequently commissioned by Royal Worcester to design a series of dinnerware, which was produced until 1965. His picture ‘Bird Song’ was chosen as a design for the 1970 UNICEF Christmas Card. Scottie Wilson continued drawing until his death in 1972 from cancer.

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