Lewis Scott Croftartist • painterChester Basin (Canada) 1911-1980 (plaats onbekend)

Lewis Scott Croft was born in Chester Basin in the province of Nova Scotia in Canada. He briefly studied with Mervyn Denton-Burgess in Vancouver and William Samual Schwartz in Chicago, but was largely self-taught. From his birthplace he first left for Chicago and then settled in Massachusetts where he would live and work for most of his life. Croft painted many landscapes - often winters - in which he used a palette knife to depict the landscape in pronounced square areas in earth tones, combined with the white of the snow. Initially in a realistic style, which later became increasingly abstract. Scott was a successful artist during his lifetime, whose work often won prizes. He had solo exhibitions in various cities such as Tampa, New Orleans and New York City. Research is currently being done for a forthcoming catalogue of the work of the Canadian painter.