Artist

Scottie Wilson

Scottish, 1888–1972

Scottie Wilson was a Scottish artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum. Scottie Wilson was born in Glasgow.

Scottie Wilson, born Louis Freeman, was a Scottish, Jewish, outsider artist known particularly for his highly detailed style. Starting his artistic career at the age of 44, his work was admired and collected by the likes of Jean Dubuffet and Pablo Picasso and is generally accepted to be in the forefront of 20th-century outsider art.

Collections represented

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