Alison Watt
(British, born 1965)
Biography
Alison Watt is a contemporary Scottish painter known for her realistic depictions of drapery and figures. Watt’s has cited the work of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres as a particular source of inspiration for her practice. “The longer I look at drapery in painting, the more I seem to lose my connection with its original purpose,” she has explained. “It begins to suggest other things to me and becomes a boundary between abstraction and figuration.” Born in 1965 in Greenock, United Kingdom, she went on to attend the Glasgow School of Art, during which time she won the 1987 Portrait Award from the National Portrait Gallery in London, with her Self-portrait (1986–87). The recognition from the award lead to her being asked to paint the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Watt currently lives and works in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, the Uffizi Collection in Florence, and the National Portrait Gallery in London, among others.
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