M-289 James Godwin Scott Collection

This collection documents the career of James Godwin Scott (1931-2015), from the watercolors he produced in St. Louis of life along the Mississippi River - both urban and rural - and other scenes of the city's development, to the dramatic abstract acrylic paintings of his later career in Arizona. Accompanying the paintings are letters, clippings, sketchbooks and other paper ephemera related to the artist's career. A small selection of the paintings are digitized.
St. Louis Mercantile Library Art Museum
Marula, Bermuda
Horizontal scene of a white and red ship named Marula., Signed lower left: James Godwin Scott; Titled on reverse
Springfield Library, Bermuda
Horizontal scene of a white building with flowered landscaping and a tree in the background., Signed lower right: James Godwin Scott; Titled on reverse

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