NEW ZEALAND ARTIST
DEATH ON ANZAC DAY
HARDSHIPS IN LONDON
LONDON, 26th April,
Mr. James E. Scott, a New Zealand artist, died tragically on Anzac Day. He came from Dunedin, and had lived in England since the war.
Tho depression lately caused a lack of commissions,-forcing Mr. Scott to carry on through the winter- without means except, ii pension, which he spent on milk and artist's colours. Friends offered help, but he accepted only occasional meals.
Mr. Scott suffered acutely from an internal complaint for the past eight months. He broke down on Saturday, but his journey to . hospital was interrupted at his studio, where he signed his last picture, "A Sculptor's Study.'' During one of his past periods of consciousness the news was conveyed to him that tho picture . had been accepted for the Eoyal Academy. Mr. Scott went to Gallipoli with the Anzacs. His wounds prevented eonitinuance of service as a combatant, and he was appointed one of the official Australian war artists. He was responsible for the frescoes in tho Australian pavilion' at Wembley Exhibition.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 98, 27 April 1932, Page 9
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