William Scott has not been the subject of a substantial monograph until now. This should be more surprising than it is. British publishers have long been reluctant to devote resources to books of this kind unless the artist in question was one of the very few to be thought 'in the public eye' - which in effect means selected by the media for celebrity attention. For others, however eminent in the art world, there was no obvious public interest or demand, and thus a vicious circle situation existed in which those not hyped remained in the shadows.

Prologue

Foreword

Preface

Becoming a painter

to 1945 Starting again

1945-1951 Abstraction and figuration: moments of transition

1958-1964 The abstract music of interacting colour-form'

1964-1968 New work in a new context

1969 and after Condensation of sensations

The drawings: exploring not explaining

The man and his art

Appendix

Biography

List of Plates

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Public Collections

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

Index